Regulating Speech in Cyberspace - Gatekeepers, Human Rights and Corporate Responsibility

This book analyses the role of businesses in regulating and influencing the exercise of free speech on the internet.

List of contents

1. The internet as democratising force; 2. A framework for identifying internet information gatekeepers; 3. Corporate social responsibility in cyberspace; 4. Mechanisms of information control: ISPs; 5. Mechanisms of information control: search engines; 6. A corporate governance model for the digital age.

About the author

Emily B. Laidlaw is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary, prior to which she spent almost ten years in the United Kingdom where she completed her LLM and PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science and held a lectureship at the University of East Anglia. She researches and advises in the areas of information technology, copyright and media law, human rights and corporate social responsibility.

Summary

When a social networking provider deletes a group it deems offensive or an ISP blocks access to content online, it takes on a powerful role in regulating speech on the internet. Regulating Speech in Cyberspace examines the legal and social challenges of the impact of businesses on free speech online.

Product details

• Authors: Emily B Laidlaw, Emily B. Laidlaw, Emily B. (University of Calgary) Laidlaw, Laidlaw Emily B.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.08.2015
• EAN: 9781107049130
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04913-0
• No. of pages: 356
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; Law, Human Rights, LAW / General, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Commercial / General, LAW / Civil Rights, Entertainment & media law, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Public international law: human rights, IT and Communications law / Postal laws and regulations, E-commerce law