Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World
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"Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World" is a nonfiction book by legal scholar Tim Wu that examines how governments, corporations, and other powerful actors shape and constrain the supposedly borderless realm of the internet.
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book
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nonfiction book → |
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content regulation by states
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cross-border disputes involving online activities → enforcement of intellectual property rights online → role of domain name system in jurisdictional control → |
| author |
Jack Goldsmith
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Tim Wu → |
| concludes |
the future of the internet will continue to be shaped by nation-states and their laws
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| critiques |
early cyber-libertarian claims that governments could not regulate the internet
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notion that cyberspace is separate from territorial legal systems → |
| focusesOn |
case studies of government intervention in online activities
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conflicts between global platforms and national laws → relationship between cyberspace and real-world sovereignty → technical and legal mechanisms of control over internet infrastructure → |
| format |
print
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| genre |
internet governance
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legal studies → technology policy → |
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emphasizes persistence of territorial sovereignty in cyberspace
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views the internet as embedded in political and legal institutions → |
| intendedAudience |
general readers interested in technology and law
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legal scholars → policy makers → students of internet governance → |
| language |
English
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| mainArgument |
corporations cooperate with states to enforce national rules on the internet
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national governments retain significant control over the internet despite its global architecture → territorial laws and regulations shape online behavior and infrastructure → the idea of a completely borderless internet is an illusion → |
| medium |
book
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| publisher |
Oxford University Press
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| relatedTo |
cyberlaw
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global regulation of digital networks → information technology policy → internet governance debates → |
| subject |
borderless internet myth
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corporate power online → globalization → government control of the internet → international law → internet regulation → jurisdiction → state sovereignty → |
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Tim Wu
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