How to Save the Internet - The Threat to Global Connection in Age of AI Political Conflict

The global, open internet is fragmenting. As democracies seek to rein in the power of Big Tech, as Silicon Valley pivots to an America-first agenda, as authoritarian regimes such as China and Russia segregate their populations from the rest of the internet, the most powerful tool ever created for bringing the world together risks being dismantled. Taking us behind the scenes at Meta and his interactions with world leaders, Nick Clegg, Meta''s former President, Global Affairs, sets out where Big Tech has gone wrong, how Silicon Valley''s insularity has blinded it to its missteps, and the radical reforms of the global platforms that are now needed if they are to secure a long-term future. But he also makes the case that many of the charges against them - including that their algorithms polarise, manipulate and harm - are vastly overstated or simply untrue. And while new laws that regulate these corporations are essential, imposing national borders on the internet cannot be the answer. That will fatally undermine its capacity for knowledge-sharing, collaboration, education, trade, medical and scientific research, and ultimately for the improvement and empowerment of billions of lives. Radical, reasonable, deeply felt and disarmingly honest, How To Save the Internet sets out a blueprint for the global cooperation we need in order to reform Big Tech while preserving the fundamental openness of the internet on which our future so depends.

Product details

• Authors: Nick Clegg, Clegg Nick
• Publisher: Bodley Head Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 04.09.2025
• EAN: 9781847928597
• ISBN: 978-1-84792-859-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 240 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Globalization, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, COMPUTERS / Internet / General, LAW / Ethics & Professional Responsibility, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Globalization, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Social forecasting, future studies, Political structures: democracy, Internet: general works, Impact of science & technology on society, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Impact of science and technology on society, Business ethics and social responsibility, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, Science funding and policy