Killing the Messenger - The War on Social Media

"This book provides readers interested in public policy with an explanation and critique of the sharp attacks against social media coming from across the political spectrum. It analyses numerous regulatory proposals directed at social media and demonstrates that most are deeply misguided from both freespeech and public policy perspectives"-- Provided by publisher.

List of contents

Introduction: Social Media as the Mirror of Our Times; 1. The Conservative War: Social Media as Censors; 2. The Progressive War: Social Media as Enablers; 3. The Data War: Social Media Kills Privacy; 4. Social Media Platforms as Common Carriers; 5. Social Media as the New Gatekeepers; 6. Making Social Media Pay for Its Sins (i.e., Repeal Section 230); 7. Privacy, Big Data, and Free Speech; 8. Some Ways Forward.

About the author

Ashutosh Bhagwat is a Distinguished Professor and the Boochever and Bird Endowed Chair at the University of California, Davis School of Law. Professor Bhagwat is the author of Our Democratic First Amendment (2020) and The Myth of Rights (2010). He is also a member of the American Law Institute.

Product details

• Authors: Ashutosh (University of California Bhagwat, Bhagwat Ashutosh
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2025
• EAN: 9781009547680
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0954768-0
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; USA, LAW / General, Social networking, Social media / social networking, United States of America, USA, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Legal aspects of IT, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Ethical Issues: Censorship, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Digital and information technologies: Legal aspects, IT and Communications law / Postal laws and regulations, IT & Communications law