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Sep 2022
27m 16s

A eulogy for the 'good' internet

THE TIMES
About this episode

When the World Wide Web was launched in 1991, hopes for it were high. But three decades later, the internet seems to be defined not by interconnectivity and liberation, but by scandal, abuse and polarisation. Political journalist Marie Le Conte remembers a different internet -- from those early days. An internet that was fun, freeing and joyful. The 'good' internet.

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Guest: Marie Le Conte, political journalist

Host: Manveen Rana. 

Clips: CBSN, BBC, Sky News, Parliament TV, "Panic Attack " (C), The Paddingtons / Mercury Records.


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