How US spies & soldiers gave birth to Big Tech companies, and growing censorship - with Yasha Levine https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/e6e70a69-2c7e-4cef-a14c-b029afe50067 Ben Norton speaks with journalist Yasha Levine about how Silicon Valley has its origins in the US national security state and its Cold War on communism. We discuss the links between the United States government and Google, Facebook, and Tor; the far-right anti-China cult Falun Gong; and how Washington rapidly shifted from promoting "internet freedom" to censorship of alternative information. We also talk about Adam Curtis' documentary series Can't Get You Out of My Head, and respond to questions from our patrons on Patreon. ||| Moderate Rebels ||| Please consider supporting us on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ModerateRebels Website: https://moderaterebels.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/moderate_rebels Facebook: https://facebook.com/moderaterebelsradio Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/moderaterebels Minds: https://minds.com/moderaterebels Steemit: https://steemit.com/@moderaterebels #ModerateRebels Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:14:10 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube How US spies & soldiers gave birth to Big Tech companies, and growing censorship - with Yasha Levine https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/e6e70a69-2c7e-4cef-a14c-b029afe50067 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.