Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom

by Rebecca MacKinnon

Book Overview

The Internet was going to liberate us, but in truth it has not. For every story about the web's empowering role in events such as the Arab Spring, there are many more about the quiet corrosion of civil liberties by companies and governments using the same digital technologies we have come to depend upon. In Consent of the Networked, journalist and Internet policy specialist Rebecca MacKinnon argues that it is time to fight for our rights before...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465063756
• ISBN13: 9780465063758
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary