The Would-Be Technocracy: Evaluating Efforts to Direct and Control Social Change with Internet Protocol Design

This article discusses the shortcomings of value in design approach to protect human rights on the Internet. It argues that Internet protocols do not single handedly mitigate human rights on the Internet and in order to measure their impact, they need to be put in context. In other words, instead of...

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Published in:Journal of information policy (University Park, Pa.) Vol. 11; pp. 376 - 402
Main Authors: Badiei, Farzaneh, Fidler, Bradley
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Pennsylvania State University Press 01.12.2021
Subjects:
Government
human rights
IETF
infrastructure
Internet protocols
Law
Public Policy
ISSN:2381-5892, 2158-3897
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Summary:This article discusses the shortcomings of value in design approach to protect human rights on the Internet. It argues that Internet protocols do not single handedly mitigate human rights on the Internet and in order to measure their impact, they need to be put in context. In other words, instead of design determinism, contextual analysis of Internet technologies that involve Internet protocols should take place.
ISSN:2381-5892
2158-3897
DOI:10.5325/jinfopoli.11.2021.0376