The Corporate Internet Isn’t the Only Option
When it comes to internet infrastructure, the for-profit model is presented as inevitable – but political decisions built today’s internet, and political movements could build something different.
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Fraser Watt
Fraser Watt is a data scientist, CWU member, and a digital consultant with Tribune.
When the President Is a Crypto Bro
El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt cryptocurrency as legal tender, pledging to build a ‘Bitcoin City’ on a volcano – but the recent crash has exposed the consequences of hitching a country’s economy to crypto delusions.
We Need an Internet Beyond Big Tech
Crypto advocates promise to democratise the internet by decentralising power, but the real path to digital democracy is publicly-owned infrastructure.