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A manifesto for how to take back control of the internet for the people
What should we do about Google, Facebook, and Amazon? Why are these platforms taking over so much of our lives? Is it possible anymore to resist surveillance capitalism? In Internet for the People, leading tech writer Ben Tarnoff sets out an agenda to reclaim the internet from the FANGS. This radical demand includes the rights to a digital commons, so that people get what they need, not just what they can afford. And secondly, the democratization of the digital sphere, so everyone can take part in decision making that affects our everyday lives online.
In an urgent 3 step plan, Tarnoff shows how this can be done: Make the Internet accessible - so that it available to everyone; taxonomies the Internet - understand how and where the major players get their power; collectivize the internet - break-up the platforms. This affords a number of different alternatives: different types of ownership as well as the abolition of services that offer no social value. This bold and visionary agenda can no longer be ignored: it is time to demand an Internet by, and for the people now.
What should we do about Google, Facebook, and Amazon? Why are these platforms taking over so much of our lives? Is it possible anymore to resist surveillance capitalism? In Internet for the People, leading tech writer Ben Tarnoff sets out an agenda to reclaim the internet from the FANGS. This radical demand includes the rights to a digital commons, so that people get what they need, not just what they can afford. And secondly, the democratization of the digital sphere, so everyone can take part in decision making that affects our everyday lives online.
In an urgent 3 step plan, Tarnoff shows how this can be done: Make the Internet accessible - so that it available to everyone; taxonomies the Internet - understand how and where the major players get their power; collectivize the internet - break-up the platforms. This affords a number of different alternatives: different types of ownership as well as the abolition of services that offer no social value. This bold and visionary agenda can no longer be ignored: it is time to demand an Internet by, and for the people now.