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Informationen zum Autor Monica Horten (PhD, University of Westminster; DipM, Chartered Institute of Marketing) is a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics, and a Council of Europe expert, where she served for two years on the Committee of Experts on Internet Freedom. She has participated in drafting of standards-setting instruments, and in capacity-building projects for Internet and human rights in the post-Soviet states. She has presented her academic research in the European Parliament. Her blog, Iptegrity.com, has been influential in informing EU policy-making, notably the 2009 EU Telecoms Package. She was the only female writer in the Journal of Cyber Policy's 2016 Top 10 Must-Reads. Klappentext 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 policymakers, 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. 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 controversies surrounding individual rights today. It is essential reading for anyone concerned with present and future Internet policy and its effects on our freedoms. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Acronyms and Abbreviations 1 Power and the Internet 2 Private Lives, Public Policy 3 The PRISM Agenda 4 Surveillance Liabilities 5 Not Neutrality Under Pressure 6 Filtering Policy 7 The Cooperation Agenda 8 Blocking Judgements 9 A Dark Cloud 10 Closing Pressures Notes References Index ...
