Big tech accountability? Read how we got here in The Closing of the Net
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"The structural powers coming from large digital media companies (such as the dominant platform providers like Facebook and Twitter) and State security interests to monitor citizens, are leading to an increasingly ‘closed, market-led, heavily monitored online ecosystem’ (Horton, 2016); such power dynamics are having very real consequences for everyday users that need to be urgently addressed." Horten, Monica. The Closing of the Net. Oxford: Polity, 2016
Iptegrity.com is the website of Dr Monica Horten. I’ve been analysing analysing digital policy since 2008. Way back then, I identified how issues around rights can influence Internet policy, and that has been a thread throughout all of my research. I hold a PhD in EU Communications Policy from the University of Westminster (2010), and a Post-graduate diploma in marketing. I’ve served as an independent expert on the Council of Europe Committee on Internet Freedoms, and was involved in a capacity building project in Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine. I am currently (from June 2022) Policy Manager - Freedom of Expression, with the Open Rights Group. For more, see About Iptegrity
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In 2012, I presented my PhD research in the European Parliament.