Internet, Warts and All - Free Speech, Privacy and Truth

Informationen zum Autor Paul Bernal is a Senior Lecturer in Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Media Law at the University of East Anglia and specialises in internet privacy and human rights. Originally a mathematician and then a chartered accountant before entering academia, his research areas include data privacy, surveillance, the right to be forgotten, freedom of speech, fake news, trolling and the role of social media. He is part of the Independent Digital Ethics Panel for Policing, and a prolific blogger. Klappentext Free speech, privacy and truth on the internet are linked in a messy, unruly way that needs to be embraced. Zusammenfassung The Internet! Warts and All links free speech! privacy and truth on the internet. It explains why laws fail! how Facebook! Google and others control and manipulate both the internet and the people on it. It is for anyone interested in law! politics and the societal impact of the internet. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Internet, warts and all; 2. Illusions of permanence; 3. Confusion over perfection; 4. The neutrality myth; 5. Free speech fantasies; 6. Misunderstanding privacy; 7. Seven myths of surveillance; 8. Troubles with trolls; 9. Fighting fakery; 10. Warts and all.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Bernal, Paul (University of East Anglia) Bernal, Bernal Paul
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781108422215
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42221-5
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law; Cambridge Intellectual Propert; Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; LAW / Intellectual Property / General, Copyright Law, intellectual property law, E-commerce law, Confidential information law