The System: Who Owns the Internet, and How It Owns Us-James Ball

The SystemWho Owns the Internet, and How It Owns Us\nAuthor(s): James Ball\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\nISBN-13: 9781526607249, 978-1526607249\nSynopsis\n'A fascinating expos of the world behind your screen. Timely, often disturbing, and so important' \nCaroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women\n\n'Takes us beyond Zuckerberg, Bezos et al to a murkier world where we discover how everything online works and who benefits from it. Fascinating, engaging and important' \nObserver\n\n'Could not be more timely' \nSpectator\n\nThe internet is a network of physical cables and connections, a web of wires enmeshing the world, linking huge data centres to one another and eventually to us. All are owned by someone, financed by someone, regulated by someone. \n\nWe refer to the internet as abstract from reality. By doing so, we obscure where the real power lies.\n\nIn this powerful and necessary book, James Ball .