{"product_id":"silicon-values-by-jillian-c-york-9781788738811","title":"Silicon Values","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Internet once promised to be a place of extraordinary freedom beyond the control of money or politics, but today corporations and platforms exercise more control over our ability to access information and share knowledge to a greater extent than any state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSilicon Values\u003c\/em\u003e, leading campaigner Jillian York looks at how our rights have become increasingly undermined by the major corporations' desire to harvest our personal data and turn it into profit. She also examines how governments have used the same technology to monitor citizens and threaten our ability to communicate. As a result, our daily lives and private thoughts are being policed in an unprecedented manner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho decides the difference between political debate and hate speech? How does this impact our identity, our ability to create communities, and to protest? Who regulates the censors?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn response to this threat to our democracy, York proposes a user-powered movement against the platforms that demands change and a new form of ownership over our own data.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47598268252396,"sku":"9781788738811","price":22.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/cae8514da8b4aa5c3bf4d2ffeee7126e.jpg?v=1778037973","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/silicon-values-by-jillian-c-york-9781788738811","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}