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The System
James Ball
其他書名
Who Owns the Internet, and how it Owns Us
出版
Bloomsbury Publishing
, 2020
主題
Business & Economics / Industries / Computers & Information Technology
Computers / Internet / General
Computers / Internet / Web Browsers
Computers / Internet / Search Engines
Computers / History
Computers / Security / Cryptography & Encryption
Law / Computer & Internet
Political Science / Public Policy / Science & Technology Policy
Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects
Social Science / Sociology / General
ISBN
1526607255
9781526607256
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=GRBbEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
'A fascinating exposé of the world behind your screen. Timely, often disturbing, and so important'
Caroline Criado Perez, author of
Invisible Women
'Takes us beyond Zuckerberg, Bezos et al to a murkier world where we discover how everything online works and who benefits from it. Fascinating, engaging and important'
Observer
'Could not be more timely'
Spectator
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.