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The Master Switch by Tim Wu

The Master Switch in 2026: The centralization of the internet

It was a simpler time on the internet in 2010, but early battles for corporate control were well underway. Net neutrality battles between ISPs and consumers/tech companies were raging, as were the anti-circumvention copyfights. But beyond those narrow battles, there was a broader war. Jonathon Zittrain warned of The Future […]

Network Nodes by Daniel Aleksandersen CC BY

Defending Against Deplatforming: The Three P’s of Protecting Free Speech Online

In Part 1 in this series, I explained why there are no easy answers to social media censorship. The problem is not a “Big Tech” conspiracy to silence particular voices. The problem is that too much of our public discourse is mediated by private platforms — centralized, proprietary, walled gardens. […]