The Forgotten Story of How Conservatives Shaped the Internet
On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Becca Lewis on the right-wing tech project of the 1990s.

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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Becca Lewis to discuss the right-wing project to shape the internet in the 1990s and how we’re still living with the legacies of those actions today. Becca Lewis is a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University.
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Texas Governor and US presidential candidate George W. Bush listens to Shane Linstrom as Virginia Governor James Gilmore III (R) looks on during a tour of the High Tech Adventure Camp at Thomas A. Edison High School in Alexandria, VA 14 July 1999.
(Joyce Naltchayan / AFP via Getty Images)On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, we’re joined by Becca Lewis to discuss the right-wing project to shape the Internet in the 1990s and how we’re still living with the legacies of those actions today. Becca Lewis is a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University.

Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the news, from a progressive perspective.
Paris Marx is joined by Aline Blankertz to discuss how right-wing governments and international corporations in the European Union are pushing to gut tech regulations with the goal of boosting AI development in hope of improving economic growth and geopolitical standing.
Aline Blankertz is a cofounder of Structural Integrity.
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