Free speech: Why a tech titan backed Trump

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Why did Marc Andreessen, inventor of the first internet web browser, perhaps the prime venture capitalist in Silicon Valley today, switch from his long-standing support of the Democratic Party and back President-elect Donald Trump this year? 

Because, in his view, the Democrats who claim to be the great scourge of “disinformation” are threatening to embed disinformation in the bedrock of society. At least, that’s my interpretation of Andreessen’s comments in a wide-ranging interview with the Free Press co-founder Bari Weiss.

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