Global Free Expression - Governing the Boundaries of Internet Content

Ben Wagner, PhD is the Director of the Centre of Internet & Human Rights (CIHR). His research focuses on human rights and technology, ethics and governance of algorithms as well as the disconnection of communications networks. Ben holds a PhD in Political and Social Sciences from European University Institute in Florence. He was previously a post-doctoral research fellow at University of Pennsylvania and a Visiting Fellow at Human Rights Watch, Humboldt University and the European Council on Foreign Relations. His research has been published in Politics, Telecommunications Policy, JITP and the International Journal of Communications.

Preface.-List of Abbreviations and Acronyms.- List of Figures and Images.- I. Governing Internet Expression: An Introduction.- II. Towards a theory of information control: Content regulation, disciplinary capacity and the governance on the Internet.- III. Internet technologies increasing ability to control: The development of disciplinary capacity in the past two decades.- IV. The Public Sector and Content Regulation: Focussing on Pornography and Child Sexual Abuse Material.- V. The Private Sector and Content Regulation: The Margin of Permissible Expression.- VI. Governing Internet Expression: Sketching out the Borders of a Global Default of Freedom of Expression.- VII. Global Expression Governance: The norms of a global regime.- VIII. Symbolic Power and Legitimacy Theatre: Constructing Legitimacy in Global Internet Governance.- VIV. Conclusion: Logics of appropriate Governance in Internet Governance and Global Governance.- Additional Sources and Interviews.