The Internet was Built on Trust. But What Does it Run On?
Uta Meier-Hahn is a doctoral researcher at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society in Berlin. In her work she focusses on informal regulation of internet infrastructure with specific interest in internet interconnection arrangements. As academic editor for the institute's Internet Policy Review (http://policyreview.info), Uta contributes to establishing a hybrid … More
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One of the most noble narratives about the Internet is that it is built on trust. This article sets out to check if that saying still holds true.