Human Rights in the Age of Platforms
by Rikke Frank Jorgensen
Publisher: The MIT Press 2019
ISBN-13: 9780262353946
Number of pages: 392
Description:
In this volume, contributors from across law and internet and media studies examine the state of human rights in today's platform society. The contributors consider the 'datafication' of society, including the economic model of data extraction and the conceptualization of privacy. They examine online advertising, content moderation, corporate storytelling around human rights, and other platform practices.
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