1st Edition

Platform Neutrality Rights AI Censors and the Future of Freedom

By Hannibal Travis Copyright 2025
264 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book analyzes questions of platform bias, algorithmic filtering and ranking of Internet speech, and declining perceptions of online freedom. Courts have intervened against unfair platforms in important cases, but they have deferred to private sector decisions in many others, particularly in the United States. The First Amendment, human rights law, competition law, Section 230 of the... Read more

Preface

Introduction

 

1. Swartz’s Law: The Rise of AI Censors

2. Carceral Communications Law: Freedom and Censors in the Public Sphere

3. Coordinated Inauthentic Activity: Private Police and Political Dissent

4. The Freedom of Reach: Kingly Power Versus Knowledge Commons

5. Locking the Web “Open”: Paths to a Neutral Online Environment

 

Conclusion: Authoritarianism and Freedom in Technocracy

 

Biography

Hannibal Travis has taught and practiced Internet law and the law governing authors and content creators for nearly 25 years. His work employs economic theory, historical research, and political philosophy to articulate individual rights, especially in the context of expanding private and public power over cultural and religious expression. He has advised entrepreneurs in disputes with alleged monopolists and unfair competitors as well as content creators in the Internet search engine, video game console, and professional sports industries. His research has appeared in books from Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Routledge.