Your Post Has Been Removed: Tech Giants and Freedom of Speech

by Frederik Stjernfelt and Anne Mette Lauritzen

This open access monograph argues established democratic norms for freedom of expression should be implemented on the internet. Moderating policies of tech companies as Facebook, Twitter and Google have resulted in posts being removed on an industrial scale. While this moderation is often encouraged by governments - on the pretext that terrorism, bullying, pornography, "hate speech" and "fake news" will slowly disappear from the internet - it enables...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030259676
• ISBN13: 9783030259679
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"