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American writer and global affairs analyst Patrick Henningsen is founder of the independent news site 21st Century Wire and explores why the advances and freedoms we have enjoyed and benefited greatly from are now in danger of disappearing. A new Iron Curtain has fallen on the West, as governments work diligently with transnational Big Tech monopolies and corporate media to sanitise and censor speech online, and propaganda is beamed directly into our pockets via smartphones. Seeing through this illusion has become one of the great challenges of our time. Why is this happening now and why is the ruling establishment so afraid of a disparate community of independent media outlets, bloggers and social media users? Recorded at the Glastonbury Symposium, July 2022.
glastonburysymposium.co.uk
American writer and global affairs analyst Patrick Henningsen is founder of the independent news site 21st Century Wire and explores why the advances and freedoms we have enjoyed and benefited greatly from are now in danger of disappearing. A new Iron Curtain has fallen on the West, as governments work diligently with transnational Big Tech monopolies and corporate media to sanitise and censor speech online, and propaganda is beamed directly into our pockets via smartphones. Seeing through this illusion has become one of the great challenges of our time. Why is this happening now and why is the ruling establishment so afraid of a disparate community of independent media outlets, bloggers and social media users? Recorded at the Glastonbury Symposium, July 2022.
glastonburysymposium.co.uk
