How to Save the Internet: The Threat to Global Connection in the Age of AI and Political Conflict

「一本引人入勝、切中時事的書。Nick Clegg 以清晰、權威且迫切的筆觸撰寫。」—— PETER FRANKOPAN

全球開放的網路正在分裂。《How To Save the Internet》概述了改革大型科技公司並保護我們熟知的網路所需的全球合作。

當民主國家試圖管控大型科技公司，矽谷則推行「美國優先」的策略，而中國與俄羅斯等威權政權則將其民眾隔離於網路之外，這個將人類連結在一起的最強大工具，正面臨被拆解的風險。

Nick Clegg（Meta 前全球事務總裁）揭示了大型科技公司何處失誤，矽谷封閉文化如何導致錯誤，以及全球平台未來所需的激進改革。

雖然新法規至關重要，但如果在網路上劃設國界，將削弱它在知識共享、協作、教育、貿易、研究，乃至於提升與賦能數十億人生活上的能力。

這本書激進而理性、深刻又坦誠，是我們拯救網路所需要的指南。

「對於任何打造或規範下一代科技的人來說，都是必讀之作。」—— REID HOFFMAN，LinkedIn 共同創辦人

A wake-up call we cannot afford to ignore' TONY BLAIR

'A vital read for anyone building or regulating the next era of technology' REID HOFFMAN

The global, open internet is fragmenting.

As democracies seek to rein in the power of Big Tech, as Silicon Valley pivots to an America-first agenda, as authoritarian regimes such as China and Russia segregate their populations from the rest of the internet, the most powerful tool ever created for bringing the world together risks being dismantled.

Taking us behind the scenes at Meta and his interactions with world leaders, Nick Clegg, Meta’s former President, Global Affairs, sets out where Big Tech has gone wrong, how Silicon Valley’s insularity has blinded it to its missteps, and the radical reforms of the global platforms that are now needed if they are to secure a long-term future.

But he also makes the case that many of the charges against them – including that their algorithms polarise, manipulate and harm – are vastly overstated or simply untrue. And while new laws that regulate these corporations are essential, imposing national borders on the internet cannot be the answer. That will fatally undermine its capacity for knowledge-sharing, collaboration, education, trade, medical and scientific research, and ultimately for the improvement and empowerment of billions of lives.

Radical, reasonable, deeply felt and disarmingly honest, How To Save the Internet sets out a blueprint for the global cooperation we need in order to reform Big Tech while preserving the fundamental openness of the internet on which our future so depends.

'A gripping and timely book. Nick Clegg writes with clarity, authority and urgency' PETER FRANKOPAN