The tech coup : how to save democracy from Silicon Valley
Schaake, Marietje, 1978-2024
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Over the past decades, under the cover of 'innovation,' technology companies have successfully resisted regulation and have even begun to seize power from governments themselves. Facial recognition firms track citizens for police surveillance. Cryptocurrency has wiped out the personal savings of millions and threatens the stability of the global financial system. Spyware companies sell digital intelligence tools to anyone who can afford them. This new reality - where unregulated technology has become a forceful instrument for autocrats around the world - is terrible news for democracies and citizens. In 'The Tech Coup', Marietje Schaake offers a behind-the-scenes account of how technology companies crept into nearly every corner of our lives and our governments.
Main title:
The tech coup : how to save democracy from Silicon Valley / Marietje Schaake.
Author:
Schaake, Marietje, 1978-, author
Imprint:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2024.
Collation:
336 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780691241173 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
320.973014320.973
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2901321
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