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The Splinters of our Discontent

How to Fix Social Media and Democracy Without Breaking Them

Mike Godwin Charles Duan Renee DiResta

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English
Zenger Press
14 May 2019
The legal and social choices we have to make right now will determine our future, which is why we have to recognize what aspects of social media and big tech platforms like Google and WhatsApp need to be fixed... and what needs to be saved.

Author Mike Godwin gives you the answers you need--the decisions before us aren't always easy, but we can all take the right path by understanding the technologies, our own history with mass media, and the people using both to their advantage.

No matter what, it's all coming fast. This book will make you ready for what lies ahead.
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Imprint:   Zenger Press
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 14mm
Weight:   454g
ISBN:   9781939888754
ISBN 10:   1939888751
Pages:   222
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Mike Godwin is an American attorney and author. He was the first staff counsel of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and he created the Internet adage Godwin's Law and the notion of an Internet meme. He was general counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation, and has been a contributing editor of Reason magazine since 1994. He is currently a distinguished senior fellow at the R Street Institute in Washington DC, and was elected to the Internet Society Board of Trustees in April 2019.

Reviews for The Splinters of our Discontent: How to Fix Social Media and Democracy Without Breaking Them

"""Online speech is at the center of some of the most critical policy debates, and the United States lacks a clear direction for future regulation, or lack thereof. Mike Godwin's new book provides vital and clear insight, informed by history and analysis that only he could provide."" Jeff Kosseff, author, The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet ""When Mike Godwin talks, people should listen. He's been thinking about online power and user rights for longer than almost anyone, he remembers things the rest of us have forgotten, and he's wicked smart."" Daphne Keller, Director of Intermediary Liability;, The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School"


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