Book contents
- Lawless
- Lawless
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Part I A Lawless Internet
- Part II A New Social Contract – Constitutionalizing Internet Governance
- 8 Constitutionalizing Internet Governance
- 9 Protecting Fundamental Rights
- 10 What Should We Expect of Intermediaries?
- 11 The Role of States and Binding Law
- 12 Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
12 - Conclusion
from Part II - A New Social Contract – Constitutionalizing Internet Governance
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 June 2019
- Lawless
- Lawless
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Part I A Lawless Internet
- Part II A New Social Contract – Constitutionalizing Internet Governance
- 8 Constitutionalizing Internet Governance
- 9 Protecting Fundamental Rights
- 10 What Should We Expect of Intermediaries?
- 11 The Role of States and Binding Law
- 12 Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
Summary
Digital intermediaries govern the internet. The telecommunications companies that provide the infrastructure, the standards organizations that design the protocols, the software companies that create the tools, the content hosts that store the data, the search engines that index that data, and the social media platforms that connect us all make decisions that impact how we communicate on a broad level. They govern us, not in the way that nation-states do, but through design choices that shape what is possible, through algorithms that sort what is visible, and through policies that control what is permitted. The choices these intermediaries make reflect our preferences, but also those of advertisers, governments, lobby groups, and their own visions of right and wrong.
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- LawlessThe Secret Rules That Govern Our Digital Lives, pp. 168 - 172Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019