A timely contribution to debates around speech on the internet from a communication studies perspective
Speaks to current concerns around the rise of 'cancel culture' and backlash based on old tweets and social media posts resurfacing
Engages with the European "Right to Be Forgotten" from a U.S. based perspective
The book intervenes in specific debates about the regulation of the internet, as well as broader socio-legal debates about the role of reputation-damaging speech in a democratic society
The book will have great relevance for all students and scholars of communication studies, public relations, rhetoric, new and digital media, internet law, technology and society, computer mediated communication, and sociology
