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Internet for the people : the fight for our digital future / Ben Tarnoff.

Lippincott Library HD9696.8.U62 T37 2022
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Tarnoff, Ben, author.
Contributor:
Rosengarten Family Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Internet industry--United States.
Internet industry.
Internet--Government policy--United States.
Internet.
Internet--Political aspects--United States.
Democracy--United States.
Democracy.
Internet--Government policy.
Internet--Political aspects.
United States.
Physical Description:
xvii, 252 pages ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2022.
Summary:
"Ben Tarnoff issues a rallying cry for a new, democratic internet. This means deprivatizing the network to create an internet where people, and not profit, rule"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I THE PIPES
1. A People's History of the Internet
2. The Plunder Continues
3. The People's Pipes
4. From Below
pt. II THE PLATFORMS
5. Up the Stack
6. Online Malls
7. Elastic Empires
8. Inclusive Predators
9. Toward the Forest.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
Other Format:
Online version: Tarnoff, Ben. Internet for the people
ISBN:
9781839762024
1839762020
OCLC:
1157927243
Publisher Number:
99991055622

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