Russell Newman

Prof at Emerson College; Faculty Associate, Harvard Berkman Center. Author, Paradoxes of Network Neutralities [

[Russell Newman @ranewm]

Really pleased to finally get around to Twitter-announcing my new book, Paradoxes of Network Neutralities, covering 30 years of broadband activism and its relationship to neoliberalism, emergent surveillance capitalism, and more. Out now on MIT Press: https://t.co/DZWk3ZE14r

[Russell Newman @ranewm]

@ubiquity75 @safiyanoble @C2i2_UCLA Huge congratulations!

[Victor Pickard @VWPickard]

There's a long-standing fear that if fascism were ever to take firm root in America, too many in our media would remain complacent or even complicit in its rise to power. Recent actions by Mark Zuckerberg & the NYT, under the guise of promoting free speech, seem to bear this out.

[Russell Newman @ranewm]

@sjjphd @VWPickard @scrivenix @mitpress I'm way late to the party (I need to step up my Twitter game) but thanks as well -- and congrats to all in this thread. Challenging year to put out a book! #ICA20 https://t.co/AhhzMPzLRo

[Russell Newman @ranewm]

Really excited to see your book is out, @schock! Can't wait to dive in.

[Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock]

.@mitpress bookstore has the sweet lineup!

@sjjphd @moyazb @foucaultwelles @ranewm

[IAMCR @IAMCRtweets]

A recent book by #IAMCR member Russell Newman https://t.co/YKqFhRjvLt

[Russell Newman @ranewm]

Huge thanks to @JasmineMcNealy for interviewing me about Paradoxes of Network Neutralities for the New Books in Tech podcast! Now available: https://t.co/Ogtw0ogvYM

[Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society @BKCHarvard]

Russ Newman’s (@ranewm) new book from @mitpress explores the movement for #NetNeutrality 📚📚 https://t.co/gQll0Lmddq

[David Elliot Berman @_DavidBerman]

@ranewm's dissertation, which this book is based on, is the most thoughtful analysis of the battle for net neutrality that I have encountered. Can't wait to read this.

[Russell Newman @ranewm]

@_DavidBerman ... and best yet (3) the book is even angrier.

[Russell Newman @ranewm]

@_DavidBerman You'll be pleased to know that (1) the diss only covered through 2010, this gets us to 2019; (2) it tackles the threat ISPs now pose to our privacy and their role in continued construction of platform/surveillance capitalism (with an assist by the NN debate)...

[Wolfie Christl @WolfieChristl]

The two initiatives 'Privacy for America' and 'Privacy For All Americans' spread industry-funded misinformation that aims to undermine upcoming privacy legislation in the US.

It would be funny if it wasn't real. They could succeed.
https://t.co/e3R5Cd3EGK
https://t.co/YFKww2Dt1o

[Russell Newman @ranewm]

@walmartyr @mitpress A hugely belated thanks!

[Michael Copps @coppsm]

For years it’s been clear that consumers must have the opt-in choice—not just for Facebook, but across-the-board—for those who hold our personal data. Congress and the agencies have looked the other way and failed our right to privacy. Time to get serious about the net.

[The Tor Project @torproject]

The problem is much bigger than Facebook. It's the internet's economic model. It's the internet's surveillance model.

Communicating, sharing, and accessing information shouldn't have to make you a commodity or target.

You shouldn't be exploited for using the internet.

[David Choffnes @proffnes]

@apple just rejected our Wehe app (https://t.co/y3y5Y4sFhY) for detecting net neutrality violations such as throttling video traffic. Asked why, and was told "We do not think it is appropriate." (1/n)