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The future of the Internet

Bernardo A. Huberman (Hewlett-Packard): Social Media and the Paradox of Cooperation. Jeanette Hofmann (WZB): The Libertarian Origins of Cybercrime: Unintended Side-Effects of a Political Utopia. Daithi Mac Sithigh (UEA): More than Words: The Introduction of Internationalised Domain Names and the Reform of Generic Top-Level Domains at ICANN. Munchausen by Internet: Technology has provided a new arena — and new victims — of an old syndrome. The internet’s new billion: New web users — in countries like Brazil and China — are changing the culture of the internet. The Autocrat's Algorithm: Is Google News helping to spread propaganda? A call for continued open standards and neutrality: The Web is critical not merely to the digital revolution but to our continued prosperity and even our liberty — like democracy itself, it needs defending. The Invasion of the Cookie Monsters: Jack Shafer on whom to blame for the loss of our Internet privacy. The end of Internet history? Tim Wu responds to Scott Woolley's review of his new book, The Master Switch. As books turn into data and tweets are archived for posterity, how will readers and academics cope with the detritus of a digital age? An interview with Johnny Ryan, author of A History of the Internet and the Digital Future. Is the Web dead or is it being reborn? The Web is (not) dead — if you believe Scientific American, not Wired. What does the future of the Internet look like? From NYRB, a review of Googled by Ken Auletta and The Shallows by Nicholas Carr.