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The closing of the net / Monica Horten

Horten, Monica, 1960- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2016 [© 2016]

xi, 202 Seiten ; 21 cm

Englisch

Acknowledgements 1 Power and the Internet Data 2 Private Lives, Public Policy 3 The PRISM Agenda 4 Surveilling Liabilities Network 5 Not Neutrality 6 Filtering Policy Content 7 The Co-Operation Agenda 8 Blocking Judgements 9 A Dark Cloud Politics 10 Closing Pressures Notes References

Includes bibliographical references and index

1605

1-5095-0688-8 ( : hardback); 978-1-5095-0689-7 (pbk. : £15.99); 978-1-5095-0688-0 ( : hardback)

978-1-5095-0692-7 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff); 978-1-5095-0691-0 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

2015034995

GBB620942

OCoLC: 941907197     

OCoLC: 946546215 (aus SWB)      ; OCoLC: 941907197 (aus SWB)     

SR 850  | MS 7965  | AP 18420      Ähnliche Literatur

HM851

303.48/33 ; 302.231

Basisklassifikation: 71.43 (Technologische Faktoren) <Soziologie>

*Internet ; Politik ; Gesetz      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Internet -- Political aspects ; Internet -- Law and legislation ; Corporations -- Political activity ; Copyright and electronic data processing ; Interactive multimedia -- Moral and ethical aspects

"How are political decisions influencing the future direction of internet communication? As the interests of powerful businesses become more embedded in the online world, so these corporations seek greater exemption from liability. They are manipulating governments and policy-makers, blocking and filtering content, and retaining and storing personal data at the cost of individual access and privacy. In this compelling account, Monica Horten confronts the deepening cooperation between large companies and the State. She looks at a number of case studies related to privacy, net neutrality, filtering and copyright. Corrupt political manoeuvrings, she argues, suggest that the original vision of a free and democratic internet is rapidly being eclipsed by a closed, market-led, heavily monitored online ecosystem. And the results are chilling. The Closing of the Net boldly tackles the deep and divisive controversies surrounding individual rights today. The book will prove essential reading for anyone concerned with present and future internet policy and its effects on our freedoms"--

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"How are political decisions influencing the future direction of internet communication? As the interests of powerful businesses become more embedded in the online world, so these corporations seek greater exemption from liability. They are manipulating governments and policy-makers, blocking and filtering content, and retaining and storing personal data at the cost of individual access and privacy. In this compelling account, Monica Horten confronts the deepening cooperation between large companies and the State. She looks at a number of case studies related to privacy, net neutrality, filtering and copyright. Corrupt political manoeuvrings, she argues, suggest that the original vision of a free and democratic internet is rapidly being eclipsed by a closed, market-led, heavily monitored online ecosystem. And the results are chilling. The Closing of the Net boldly tackles the deep and divisive controversies surrounding individual rights today. The book will prove essential reading for anyone concerned with present and future internet policy and its effects on our freedoms"--

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