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The Devil's Long Tail - Religious and Other Radicals in the Internet Marketplace (Hardcover, UK ed.)
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The Devil's Long Tail - Religious and Other Radicals in the Internet Marketplace (Hardcover, UK ed.)
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The internet may be a utopia for free expression, but it also
harbours nihilistic groups and individuals spreading bizarre
creeds, unhindered by the risk-averse gatekeepers of the mass media
- and not all are as harmless as the Virtual Church of the Blind
Chihuahua or Sexastrianism. With few entry barriers, ready
anonymity and no centralised control, the internet offers wired
extremists unprecedented access to a potential global audience of
billions. Technology allows us to select the information we wish to
receive - so those of a fanatical bent can filter out moderating
voices and ignore countervailing arguments, retreating into a
virtual world of their own design that reaffirms their views. In
The Devil's Long Tail, Stevens and O'Hara argue that we
misunderstand online extremism if we think intervention is the best
way to counter it. Policies designed to disrupt radical networks
fail because they ignore the factors that push people to the
margins. Extremists are driven less by ideas than by the benefits
of participating in a tightly-knit, self-defined, group. Rather,
extreme ideas should be left to sink or swim in the internet's
marketplace of ideas. The internet and the web are valuable
creations of a free society. Censoring them impoverishes us all
while leaving the radical impulse intact.
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