Internet for the people: deprivatising and democratising the net
October
13
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Canòdrom - Ateneu d'Innovació Digital i Democràtica
Carrer de Concepción Arenal 165, El Congrés i els Indians, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Espanya
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Why is the internet so broken? What could ever possibly fix it? Ben Tarnoff (Logic Magazine) will try to answer these questions with a whirlwind tour of the internet's history, and in particular the history of its privatization. Privatization programmed the profit motive into every layer of what was once a public network. In the process, it laid the foundation for the internet's current crises. The internet is broken, Tarnoff says, because the internet is a business.
Moderated by: Carlos del Castillo
* This session will be in English, with simultaneous translation into Catalan
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