PoliticsObama says drift towards extremism is 'not inevitable'

Speaking to an audience in Glasgow, Barack Obama said hope remains worth fighting for amid major global challenges. He warned that online platforms increasingly promote content that stokes anger and fear, and said AI could make truth harder to distinguish and democracy harder to sustain. But he said a drift towards extremism is not inevitable.

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