TY  - BOOK
AU  - Werbach,Kevin
TI  - After the digital tornado: networks, algorithms, humanity 
SN  - 9781108610018 (ebook)
AV  - TK5105.8854 .A48 2020
U1  - 394.3/34 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Internet governance
KW  - Internet
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Internet industry
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Sep 2020); Open Access title
N2  - Networks powered by algorithms are pervasive. Major contemporary technology trends - Internet of Things, Big Data, Digital Platform Power, Blockchain, and the Algorithmic Society - are manifestations of this phenomenon. The internet, which once seemed an unambiguous benefit to society, is now the basis for invasions of privacy, massive concentrations of power, and wide-scale manipulation. The algorithmic networked world poses deep questions about power, freedom, fairness, and human agency. The influential 1997 Federal Communications Commission whitepaper "Digital Tornado" hailed the "endless spiral of connectivity" that would transform society, and today, little remains untouched by digital connectivity. Yet fundamental questions remain unresolved, and even more serious challenges have emerged. This important collection, which offers a reckoning and a foretelling, features leading technology scholars who explain the legal, business, ethical, technical, and public policy challenges of building pervasive networks and algorithms for the benefit of humanity. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108610018
ER  -