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"How are political decisions influencing the future direction of internet communication? As the interests of powerful businesses become more embedded in the online world, so these corporations seek greater exemption from liability. They are manipulating governments and policy-makers, blocking and filtering content, and retaining and storing personal data at the cost of individual access and privacy. In this compelling account, Monica Horten confronts the deepening cooperation between large companies and the State. She looks at a number of case studies related to privacy, net neutrality, filtering and copyright. Corrupt political manoeuvrings, she argues, suggest that the original vision of a free and democratic internet is rapidly being eclipsed by a closed, market-led, heavily monitored online ecosystem. And the results are chilling. The Closing of the Net boldly tackles the deep and divisive controversies surrounding individual rights today. The book will prove essential reading for anyone concerned with present and future internet policy and its effects on our freedoms"--

Hollywood lobbyists, secret talks and one unlikely explosive issue - internet copyright. In this original analysis of three attempts to bring in new laws to defend copyright on the internet, Monica Horten investigates the dance of influence between lobbyists and their political proxies and unmasks the sophistry of their arguments

Der Text kommentiert aus Anlass des am 20. Januar 2022 veröffentlichten Gutachtens zu Fällen des sexuellen Missbrauchs im Erzbistum München und Freising – der für den Zeitraum zwischen 1945 und 2019 497 betroffene Kinder und Jugendliche und 235 Täter, von denen 173 Priester waren, ermittelte – den sexuellen Missbrauch in der katholischen Kirche.