Amy Goodman
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"Utopian Potential of the Internet": Astra Taylor on How to Take Back Power & Culture in Digital Age
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4:23Now PlayingWe are joined by author and activist Astra Taylor, whose new book, "The People's PlatformTaking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age," argues net neutrality is just the beginning of ensuring equal access and representation online. "The utopian potential of the net is real," Taylor notes. "The problem is the underlying economic conditions haven't changed. The same old business imperatives, the same old incentives that shaped the old model and made it so problematic are still with us. The internet might have disrupted investigative journalism but it didn't disrupt advertising."
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