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The System: Who Owns the Internet, and How It Owns Us

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Exposing the obscured powers shaping the internet.

If you ever find yourself pondering who really controls the online spaces we inhabit daily, "The System" could provide some startling insights. James Ball embarks on a journey, peeling back the layers of the internet to reveal a concentrated nest of power and influence. It's a read that feels particularly critical now, unmasking the often invisible forces that shape our digital society and our own interactions with the web.

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The System: Who Owns the Internet, and How It Owns Us

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ISBN: 9781526607256
Authors: James Ball
Date of Publication: 2020-06-02
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science, Business, Law
Related Topics: Technology, Law
Goodreads rating: 3.78
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The internet is a network of physical cables and connections, a web of wires enmeshing the world, linking huge data centres to one another and eventually to us. All are owned by someone, financed by someone, regulated by someone. We refer to the internet as abstract from reality. By doing so, we obscure where the real power lies. In this powerful and necessary book, James Ball sets out on a global journey into the inner workings of the system. From the computer scientists to the cable guys, the billionaire investors to the ad men, the intelligence agencies to the regulators, these are the real-life figures powering the internet and pulling the strings of our society. Ball brilliantly shows how an invention once hailed as a democratising force has concentrated power in places it already existed – that the system, in other words, remains the same as it did before.
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Exposing the obscured powers shaping the internet.

If you ever find yourself pondering who really controls the online spaces we inhabit daily, "The System" could provide some startling insights. James Ball embarks on a journey, peeling back the layers of the internet to reveal a concentrated nest of power and influence. It's a read that feels particularly critical now, unmasking the often invisible forces that shape our digital society and our own interactions with the web.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.