Title:
The digital republic : on freedom and democracy in the 21st century
Author:
Edition:
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Publication Date:
2022
Publication Information:
New York : Pegasus Books, 2022.
©2022
Physical Description:
442 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781643139012
Abstract:
"Not long ago, the tech industry was widely admired, and the Internet was regarded as a tonic for freedom and democracy. Not anymore. Every day, the headlines blaze with reports of racist algorithms, data leaks, and social media platforms festering with falsehood and hate. In The Digital Republic, acclaimed author Jamie Susskind argues that these problems are not the fault of a few bad apples at the top of the industry. They are the result of our failure to govern technology properly. The Digital Republic charts a new course. It offers a plan for the digital age: new legal standards, new public bodies and institutions, new duties on platforms, new rights and regulators, new codes of conduct for people in the tech industry. Inspired by the great political essays of the past, and steeped in the traditions of republican thought, it offers a vision of a different type of society: a digital republic in which human and technological flourishing go hand in hand." -- Description provided by publisher.
Contents:
Part one The age of the digital republic -- Introduction: unaccountable power -- 1. The indignant spirit -- 2. Thinking, old and new -- Part two The house of power -- 3. Autocrats of information -- 4. Data's dominion -- 5. Masters of perception -- 6. Republic of reason -- 7. The Automation of deliberation -- Part three The digital is political -- 8. The morality of code -- 9. The computational ideology -- 10. Technology and domination -- Part four The marketplace of ideals -- 11. The market's place -- 12. Selfie -- 13. Ethics washing -- 14. The consent trap -- Part five The ghost of governance -- 15. Making our own laws -- 16. The mild west -- 17. Private order -- Part six Foundations of the digital republic -- 18. Four principles -- 19. Technology and democracy -- 20. Deliberative mini-publics -- 21. Republican rights -- 22. Republic of standards -- Part seven Counterpower -- 23. Tech tribunals -- 24. Collective enforcement -- 25. Certified republic -- 26. Responsible adults -- 27. Republican internationalism -- Part eight Openness -- 28. A New inspectorate -- 29. Zones of darkness -- 30. Transparency about transparency -- 31. A Duty of openness -- Part nine Giants, data and algorithms -- 32. Antitrust, awakened -- 33. Republican antitrust -- 34. Beyond privacy -- 35. Acceptable algorithms -- Part ten Governing social media -- 36. The battlefield of ideas -- 37. Toasters with pictures -- 38. A system of free expression -- 39. Governing social media -- Conclusion: the digital republic.
Language:
English
