Surveillance Valley
the secret military history of the internet
$31.48
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
7 November 2019
Summary
Surveillance Valley: Unmasking the Internet’s Hidden Origins
EVERYTHING WE HAVE BEEN TOLD ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC NATURE OF THE INTERNET IS A MARKETING PLOY.
As the Cambridge Analytica scandal has shown, private corporations consider it their right to use our data (and by extension, us) which ever way they see fit. Tempted by their appealing organisational and diagnostic tools, we have allowed private internet corporations access to the most intimate corners of our lives.
…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785785719 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1785785710 |
| Author: | Yasha Levine |
| Publisher: | Icon Books |
| Imprint: | Icon Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 7 November 2019 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Dimensions: | 253mm x 235mm x 5mm |
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‘Salutary’
Contentious… forceful… salutary * The New Yorker *‘Surveillance Valley is perhaps one of the most deeply disturbing books of the year. It leaves no illusions intact …’ – Scroll.inGripping and hugely readable, Surveillance Valley is an essential book which painstakingly pieces together the complex origins, and current role, of a technology that has become so ingrained in our lives – All About History
About The Author
Yasha Levine
YASHA LEVINE is an investigative journalist and author who has written for Wired, the Baffler, and ALternet, among others. He has appeared on network television, including MSNBC, and has his work profiled by the New York Observer, Vanity Fair, and the Verge.
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