{
  "id": 7269182,
  "title": "Democracy v the machine: the birth of the digital age and the warnings that were ignored – podcast",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/democracy-v-the-machine-the-birth-of-the-digital-age-and-the-warnings",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-14T04:00:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/sep/14/democracy-v-machine-birth-digital-age-warnings-ignored-podcast"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Many hoped that the march of technology would usher in an egalitarian utopia – but some foresaw the threat it would pose to liberal society. Why did nobody listen? By Jill Lepore. Read by Laurel Lefkow Read the text version here Support the Guardian today: theguardian.com/longreadpod Adapted from The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State by Jill Lepore, published by Allen Lane on 25 August . To…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}