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Author:

Tarnoff, Ben, author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Verso,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xvii, 252 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Internet industry--United States.
Internet--Government policy--United States.
Internet--Political aspects--United States.
Democracy--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Preface: Among the Eels -- A People's History of the Internet -- The Plunder Continues -- The People's Pipes -- From Below -- Up the Stack -- Online Malls -- Elastic Empires -- Inclusive Predators -- Toward the Forest -- Conclusion: Future Nostalgia.

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.

ISBN:

1839762020
9781839762024

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1292533195

LCCN:

2021053057

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)