Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism
Language: English
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: Mar 15, 2022
Words:
99741
Flesch:
54.49
DDC:
302.231
FAST Tags:
United States,
Social media,
Political science,
Human rights,
Censorship,
Information technology--Economic aspects,
Information technology--Moral and ethical aspects
LCC:
HM742
Book Details
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Description:
The battle for online rights and for the future of democracy Who decides what is permissible on the internet: Politicians? Mark Zuckerberg? Users? Who determines when political debate becomes hate speech? How does this impact our identity or our ability to create communities and to protest? Silicon Values reports on the war for digital rights and how major corporations—Facebook, Twitter, Google and Tiktok—threaten democracy as they harvest our personal data in the pursuit of profit.