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Human Rights in the Age of Platforms

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Human Rights in the Age of Platforms
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Publisher: The MIT Press
ISBN-13: 9780262353946
Number of pages: 392

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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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