About this episode
Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss how the right-wing of the tech industry are funding media platforms like Rumble to reshape the political discourse and why they’re helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. challenge Joe Biden. Jacob Silverman is a journalist and the co-author of Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud . He’s also the host of The Naked Emperor on CBC Podcasts. You can check out Jacob’s Substack . Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast ( @techwontsaveus ) and host Paris Marx ( @parismarx ) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon . The podcast is produced by Eric Wickham and part of the Harbinger Media Network . Also mentioned in this episode: Jacob wrote about Rumble as a MAGA platform , why tech is boosting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , revolutionary war reenactors getting caught up in Facebook’s purge of militia groups , and David Sacks . Mark Zuckerberg chose to go easy on Alex Jones and other right-wing figures on Facebook. Trump Media may be going public via a SPAC merger . Darren Blanton was involved in a scheme to keep Black voters from the polls . Wendy Siegelman put together a chart of the connections between Rumble, Trump Media, and other groups. Rumble went public via SPAC in 2022 . Brandy Zadrozny wrote about RFK Jr. and his views for NBC News. Support the show