Coding Democracy

How Hackers Are Disrupting Power, Surveillance, and Authoritarianism

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Author:

Webb, Maureen

Foreword by:

Doctorow, Cory

ISBN:

978-0-262-35711-1

Publication Date:

Apr 2020

Publisher:

MIT Press

Book Format:

Digital (delivered electronically)

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Book Description:

Hackers as vital disruptors, inspiring a new wave of activism in which ordinary citizens take back democracy.

Book Details

Pages:	416
Detailed Subjects:	Political Science / Public Policy / Science & Technology Policy Computers / Internet / Online Safety & Privacy Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	6 x 9 x 1.062 Inches

Author Biography

Webb, Maureen (Author)

Writer and activist Cory Doctorow was born in Toronto, Canada on July 17, 1971. In 1999 he co-founded a free software company called Opencola and served as Canadian Regional Director of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. For four years he worked as European Affairs Coordinator for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and in 2007 won its Pioneer Award. His first novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, won a Locus Award for Best First Novel. His short story collection A Place So Foreign and Eight More won a Sunburst Award, and his bestselling novel Little Brother received the 2009 Prometheus Award, a Sunburst Award, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Doctorow also writes nonfiction books and articles, and he co-edits the blog Boing Boing.

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