[Commlist] New Book: Censorship from Plato to Social Media

Gergely Gosztonyi is pleased to announce his new book for those 
interested in censorship, content restrictions, social media regulation, 
US, EU, China, India, ECtHR, CJEU, DSA, DMA, Twitter (X), Meta, Amazon, 
internet sovereignty and many many more. How will the bird fly?

*Censorship from Plato to Social Media: The Complexity of Social Media’s 
Content Regulation and Moderation Practices (Springer, 2023)*

  * Provides a comprehensive typology of different kinds of censorship
  * Helps to understand the growing liability mess on the internet
  * Examines the historical background of censorship to better
    understand the problems of today’s internet


In many countries, censorship, blocking of internet access and internet 
content for political purposes are still part of everyday life. Will 
filtering, blocking, and hacking replace scissors and black ink? This 
book argues that only a broader understanding of censorship can 
effectively protect freedom of expression.

For centuries, church and state controlled the content available to the 
public through political, moral and religious censorship. As technology 
evolved, the legal and political tools were refined, but the classic 
censorship system continued until the end of the 20th century. However, 
the myth of total freedom of communication and a law-free space that had 
been expected with the advent of the internet was soon challenged. The 
new rulers of the digital world, tech companies, emerged and gained 
enormous power over free speech and content management. All this 
happened alongside cautious regulation attempts on the part of various 
states, either by granting platforms near-total immunity (US) or by 
setting up new rules that were not fully developed (EU). China has 
established the Great Firewall and the Golden Shield as a third way.

In the book, particular attention is paid to developments since the 
2010s, when Internet-related problems began to multiply. The state’s 
solutions have mostly pointed in one direction: towards greater control 
of platforms and the content they host. Similarities can be found in the 
US debates, the Chinese and Russian positions on internet sovereignty, 
and the new European digital regulations (DSA-DMA). The book addresses 
them all.

This book will be of interest to anyone who wants to understand the 
complexities of social media’s content regulation and moderation 
practices. It makes a valuable contribution to the field of freedom of 
expression and the internet, showing that, with different kinds of 
censorship, this essentially free form of communication has come – 
almost by default – under legal regulation and the original freedom may 
have been lost in too many countries in recent years.

Available in hardcover and eBook formats on Springer Nature's website 
and major online marketplaces/bookshops:

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-46529-1 
<https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-46529-1>

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/book/1144089918 
<https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/book/1144089918>

https://www.amazon.com/Censorship-Plato-Social-Media-Complexity-ebook/dp/B0CJDM5N41/ 
<https://www.amazon.com/Censorship-Plato-Social-Media-Complexity-ebook/dp/B0CJDM5N41/>

ISBN (Hardcover): 978-3-031-46528-4
ISBN (eBook): 978-3-031-46529-1
DOI: doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46529-1 
<http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46529-1>

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