Can Nick Clegg 'save' the internet? Really?
This article reviews Nick Clegg’s book *How To Save The Internet: The Threat to Global Connection in the Age of AI and Political Conflict*, which addresses the fragmentation of the global internet amid rising neonationalism and political polarization. Clegg, former UK politician and Meta’s ex-vice p...
| Publicado en: | Political Quarterly Vol. 97; no. 1; pp. 177 - 180 |
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