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Trust In Tech Companies Is Declining, Surveys Find

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Published February 25, 2020 at 11:33 AM CST

The era of tech optimism may well be over.

A new Pew Research report finds about half of tech experts predict technology will weaken democracy over the next decade. The public relations firm Edelman also found a sharp decline in public trust in technology in its annual “Trust Barometer” report.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with Ina Fried (@inafried), chief technology correspondent for Axios.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.