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


ISBN13: 9783030259679
Published: December 2019
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Format: Hardback
Price: £44.99



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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 tech companies to censure our society. It is the social media companies who define what is blacklisted in their community standards. And given the dominance of social media in our information society, we run the risk of outsourcing the definition of our principles for discussion in the public domain to private companies. Instead of leaving it to social media companies only to take action, the authors argue democratic institutions should take an active role in moderating criminal content on the internet.

To make this possible, tech companies should be analyzed whether they are approaching a monopoly. Antitrust legislation should be applied to bring those monopolies within democratic governmental oversight. Despite being in different stages in their lives, Anne Mette is in the startup phase of her research career, while Frederik is one of the most prolific philosophers in Denmark, the authors found each other in their concern about Free Speech on the internet.

The book was originally published in Danish as Dit opslag er blevet fjernet - techgiganter & ytringsfrihed.

Subjects:
IT, Internet and Artificial Intelligence Law
Contents:
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. What is Freedom of Speech?
Chapter 2. The Free Networks of the Enlightenment
Chapter 3. A New Golden Age of Enlightenment?
Chapter 4. The Digital Enlightenment Project Facing Challenges
Chapter 5. The Internet 3.0
Chapter 6. Attention and Dopamine Hits
Chapter 7. Tech Companies as Ad-Brokers
Chapter 8. Improving the World or Capitalizing on it?
Chapter 9. Free Speech Under Pressure
Chapter 10. Nudity and the Digital Community
Chapter 11. Facebook's Content Removal Manual
Chapter 12. Facebook and Google as Offices of Censorship
Chapter 13. Entrusting Government Control to Private Tech Giants
Chapter 14. The First Digital Losers
Chapter 15. Distortion of the Public Sphere
Chapter 16. Trust Busting the Tech Giants?
Chapter 17. The Role of Civil Society
Chapter 18. A Digital Hangover