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Jamie Bartlett Books

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Jamie Bartlett is a British author and journalist specializing in technology, politics, and society. He is the director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at Demos and a columnist for The Spectator.

Known for: The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld, The People Vs Tech: How the Internet Is Killing Democracy (and How We Save It)

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Origins of the Dark Net

To understand the Dark Net, we need to go back to the origins of the internet itself. The architects of the early web believed in decentralization, in a system that no single power could control. During the Cold War, U.S. researchers created ARPANET, a network prototype designed to survive even afte...

From The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld

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Hackers and Cybercrime

Whenever we talk about hackers, the public imagination jumps to hooded figures stealing credit cards. The truth is more complicated. Hackers are innovators as much as they are disruptors. They expose vulnerabilities—not only in systems, but in our assumptions about control. Some do it for profit, ot...

From The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld

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The Digital Revolution

The backbone of this book rests on acknowledging how deeply the digital revolution has reshaped society. It’s not simply that we communicate more quickly or have access to more information—every democratic mechanism, from journalism to political campaigning, has been transformed. I explain how techn...

From The People Vs Tech: How the Internet Is Killing Democracy (and How We Save It)

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The Power of Data

Data is the new currency of power, and its use defines the modern political landscape. In this section, I delve into the vast apparatus of data collection that sustains both corporate and governmental control. Every search, click, and swipe feeds a system that knows us better than we know ourselves....

From The People Vs Tech: How the Internet Is Killing Democracy (and How We Save It)

About Jamie Bartlett

Jamie Bartlett is a British author and journalist specializing in technology, politics, and society. He is the director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at Demos and a columnist for The Spectator. His work often explores the intersection of digital culture, radical movements, and the i...

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Jamie Bartlett is a British author and journalist specializing in technology, politics, and society. He is the director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at Demos and a columnist for The Spectator. His work often explores the intersection of digital culture, radical movements, and the impact of technology on democracy.

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Jamie Bartlett is a British author and journalist specializing in technology, politics, and society. He is the director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at Demos and a columnist for The Spectator.

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