EPISODE · Sep 21, 2021 · 27 MIN
31 The AOL-era Black Internet with Omar Wasow
from Reimagining the Internet · host Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure
Well before Facebook achieved social media dominance, Black Planet was the online home to millions of Black Americans. The site’s founder Omar Wasow joins us to talk about why it was so important to create an online space for Black people, and what a next generation of the Internet might look like for such communities.
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