RECLAIMING THE INTERNET: HOW BIG TECH TOOK CONTROL--AND HOW WE CAN TAKE IT BACK

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  • RECLAIMING THE INTERNET: HOW BIG TECH TOOK CONTROL--AND HOW WE CAN TAKE IT BACK by Olivier Sylvain
RECLAIMING THE INTERNET: HOW BIG TECH TOOK CONTROL--AND HOW WE CAN TAKE IT BACK
$18.00
Available for Pre-Order
Description
How the Internet lost its way--and how to fix it


Recovering the Internet is an indictment of how Big Tech cloaks ruthless commercial exploitation in the language of free speech. Olivier Sylvain, a leading legal scholar and former senior advisor at the Federal Trade Commission, exposes the incentives behind social media design, revealing how they trap users in cycles of addiction, misinformation, and harm--from fatal TikTok challenges to AI chatbot codependency.


With clarity and urgency, Sylvain dismantles the libertarian mythology that shaped internet law and calls for a new legal regime that protects users over platforms. Recovering the Internet is a powerful, original intervention into the most urgent policy debate of our time--what it will take to reclaim the digital public sphere.

Description
How the Internet lost its way--and how to fix it


Recovering the Internet is an indictment of how Big Tech cloaks ruthless commercial exploitation in the language of free speech. Olivier Sylvain, a leading legal scholar and former senior advisor at the Federal Trade Commission, exposes the incentives behind social media design, revealing how they trap users in cycles of addiction, misinformation, and harm--from fatal TikTok challenges to AI chatbot codependency.


With clarity and urgency, Sylvain dismantles the libertarian mythology that shaped internet law and calls for a new legal regime that protects users over platforms. Recovering the Internet is a powerful, original intervention into the most urgent policy debate of our time--what it will take to reclaim the digital public sphere.

ISBN
9781967190126
Publication Date
March 17, 2026
Binding
Paperback
Item Condition
New
Language
English
Pages
192
Keywords
Technology & Engineering | Social Aspects; Law | Computer & Internet; Political Science | Political Process | Media & Internet; Law | Privacy; Political Science | Public Policy | Science & Technology Policy; Social Science | Technology Studies