Coding Democracy
How Hackers Are Disrupting Power, Surveillance, and Authoritarianism
(Author) Maureen WebbHackers as vital disruptors, inspiring a new wave of activism in which ordinary citizens take back democracy. Hackers have a bad reputation, as shady deployers of bots and destroyers of infrastructure. In Coding Democracy, Maureen Webb offers another view. Hackers, she argues, can be vital disruptors. Hacking is becoming a practice, an ethos, and a metaphor for a new wave of activism in which ordinary citizens are inventing new forms of distributed, decentralized democracy for a digital era. Confronted with concentrations of power, mass surveillance, and authoritarianism enabled by new technology, the hacking movement is trying to "build out" democracy into cyberspace.
Maureen Webb
Maureen Webb is a Canadian poet known for her collection "The Details," which explores themes of memory, loss, and resilience with lyrical precision. Her writing style is marked by its emotional depth and vivid imagery. Webb's poetry has made significant contributions to Canadian literature, capturing the complexities of human experience.
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