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The Internet Is A Failed Utopia

This week's podcast comes from the closing session of our recent Digital Summit with Vanity Fair. See intelligencesquared.com for more information about the summit.To many the hopes we had for the internet when it first emerged have been smashed by the revelations of government surveillance of our personal data – with the cooperation of the tech giants who know and record our every move online. But to others the technological advances of the last 20 years have opened up an unprecedented world of abundance. It’s not just as consumers of physical goods that we have benefited, but as users of information from books, websites and communication with people on the other side of the world. Is the dream a failed one, or still to come We were joined by a panel of experts to debate the motion 'The internet is a failed utopia'. Arguing for the motion were Silicon Valley’s favourite controversialist Andrew Keen and big data and financial algorithms expert Frank Pasquale.Arguing against the motion were Founder of the White House Open Government Initiative Beth Simone Noveck and Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs for EMEA at Google Peter Barron.The debate was chaired by broadcaster and author Jeremy Paxman.

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  • Originally Aired June 18, 2015
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Production Code 210935608
  • Network BBC World News
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