Virtual freedom : net neutrality and free speech in the Internet age / Dawn C. Nunziato.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nunziato, Dawn C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of speech--United States.

Freedom of speech.

Internet--Censorship--United States.

Internet.

Internet--Law and legislation--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law Books, 2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Shows how First Amendment rights are threatened by the privatization of the Internet as corporations are increasingly allowed to control and censor online material and communication, and proposes new legislation to preserve and promote free speech in the Internet Age.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Speech and Censorship on the Internet; 2 The First Amendment's Free Speech Guarantee; 3 Embracing the Affirmative First Amendment; 4 A Place to Speak Your Mind; 5 When Private Becomes Public; 6 Speech Conduits and Carriers; 7 Protecting Free Speech in the Internet Age; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)

ISBN:

9780804772457

0804772452

OCLC:

647835942