Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle For Internet

Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle For Internet Freedom

The Internet was going to liberate us, but in truth it has not. For every story about the webâ‚¬s empowering role in events such as the Arab Spring, there are many more about the quiet corrosion of civil liberties by companies and governments using the same digital technologies we have come to depend upon.
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Sudden changes in Facebookâ‚¬s features and privacy settings have exposed identities of protestors to police in Egypt and Iran. Apple removes politically controversial apps at the behest of governments as well as for its own commercial reasons. Dozens of Western companies sell surveillance technology to dictatorships around the world. Google struggles with censorship demands from governments in a range of countriesâ‚¬"many of them democraciesâ‚¬"as well as mounting public concern over the vast quantities of information it collects about its users.
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InÂ Consent of the Networked, journalist and Internet policy specialist Rebecca MacKinnon argues that it is time to fight for our rights before they are sold, legislated, programmed, and engineered away. Every day, the corporate sovereigns of cyberspace make decisions that affect our physical freedomâ‚¬"but without our consent. Yet the traditional solution to unaccountable corporate behaviorâ‚¬"government regulationâ‚¬"cannot stop the abuse of digital power on its own, and sometimes even contributes to it.
A clarion call to action, Consent of the Networked shows that it is time to stop arguing over whether the Internet empowers people, and address the urgent question of how technology should be governed to support the rights and liberties of users around the world.
Country USA
Manufacturer Basic Books
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780465024421
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Basic Books
Binding	Hardcover
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780465024421
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle For Internet Freedom

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