Speech police : the global struggle to govern the Internet /

"The internet was designed to be a kind of free-speech paradise, but a lot of the material on it turned out to incite violence, spread untruth, and promote hate. Over the years, three American behemoths--Facebook, YouTube and Twitter--became the way most of the world experiences the internet, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaye, David (David A.) (Author)
Corporate Authors: EBSCOhost, Esther F. Kantrowitz & Lionel Kantrowitz Collection Endowed Fund, JSTOR (Online Service), The Todd and Elizabeth Donovan Endowed Fund
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia Global Reports, [2019]
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2019]
Series:Columbia global reports (New York, NY)
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Platform power
  • 2. The Internet comes to Washington
  • 3. Humans and machines
  • 4. Wir schaffen das!
  • 5. Choose your side
  • 6. "Arbiters of truth"
  • 7. The challenge of the "partly free"
  • Conclusion : policing speech in a centralizing Internet
  • Platform power
  • The Internet comes to Washington
  • Humans and machines
  • Wir schaffen das!
  • Choose your side
  • "Arbiters of truth"
  • The challenge of the "partly free"
  • Conclusion: Policing speech in a centralizing Internet