Creative Commons CEO Ryan Merkley still believes in the dream of The Internet.
Remember that dream? Before Russian troll-bots, “fake news,” Cambridge Analytica, digital monopolies and worse — it was a common one.
Is an open, free, glorious Internet still possible? Do we still even want that?
Ryan joins Jesse.
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