The Right is Building Its Own Platforms w/ Jacob Silverman

Tech Won't Save Us

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Jacob Silverman: The right has an influential ability to get people to listen to its message because of how it shapes the broader platforms that we all use but also builds its own. Paris Marks: I see the tech industry shifting toward the government as the government embraces this position where china is the big enemy and the tech industry sees how it can very much benefit from that by you know becoming part of the larger security state. Tech Won't Save Us airs on weekdays at 10 a.m. ET/PT, 1 p.m. PT or 4 p.a. CT. For more information about joining our mailing list please go to www.techwon'tsaveus.com.

Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss how the right-wing of the tech industry are funding media platforms like Rumble to reshape the political discourse and why they’re helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. challenge Joe Biden.

Jacob Silverman is a journalist and the co-author of Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud. He’s also the host of The Naked Emperor on CBC Podcasts. You can check out Jacob’s Substack.

Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.

The podcast is produced by Eric Wickham and part of the Harbinger Media Network.

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