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008    200721t20202020nyu      b    001 0 eng d 
020    9781612198996|q(hardcover) 
020    1612198996|q(hardcover) 
035    (OCoLC)1181849767 
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050  4 HM851|b.B355 2020 
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100 1  Ball, James|c(Journalist),|eauthor. 
245 14 The tangled web we weave :|binside the shadow system that 
       shapes the internet /|cJames Ball. 
264  1 Brooklyn :|bMelville House Publishing,|c2020. 
264  4 |c©2020 
300    263 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "First published in 2020 in Great Britain as The system by
       Bloomsbury UK"--Title page verso. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256) and 
       index. 
505 0  Introduction -- Part one: The mechanics. The architects ; 
       The cable guys ; The custodians -- Part two: The money. 
       The money men ; The ad men -- Part three: The melee. The 
       cyber warriors ; The rulemakers ; The resistence -- 
       Conclusion. 
520    "The internet was supposed to be a thing of revolutions. 
       As that dream curdles, there is no shortage of villains to
       blame--from tech giants to Russian bot farms. But what if 
       the problem is not an issue of bad actors ruining a good 
       thing? What if the hazards of the internet are built into 
       the system itself? That's what journalist James Ball 
       argues as he takes us to the root of the problem, from the
       very establishment of the internet's earliest protocols to
       the cables that wire it together. He shows us how the 
       seemingly abstract and pervasive phenomenon is built on a 
       very real set of materials and rules that are owned, 
       financed, designed and regulated by very real people. In 
       this urgent and necessary book, Ball reveals that the 
       internet is not a neutral force but a massive 
       infrastructure that reflects the society that created it. 
       And making it work for--and not against--us must be an 
       endeavor of the people as well."--Publisher marketing. 
650  0 Internet|xSocial aspects. 
650  0 Internet|xLaw and legislation. 
650  7 Internet|xLaw and legislation.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00977193  
650  7 Internet|xSocial aspects.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01766793  
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