The Information Weapon: Why the Internet was Always Spying on You

'Investigative journalist Yasha Levine explains why the internet has been a surveillance tool since day one - as a Cold War project to monitor populations pushing back against the militarization of society, and as the synthesis of corporate and state power in service of protecting the interests of the ruling class - yesterday, today and tomorrow. Levine is author of the new book Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet from PublicAffairs.' -- This is Hell! Radio