James Muldoon is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Exeter, Head of Digital Research at Autonomy, and YouTube philosopher at Political Philosophy. He also works directly with digital businesses transitioning to fair work practices. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, Time magazine and the Huffington Post.

'A ground-breaking, ambitious and rigorous account of how and why we must take control over contemporary digital technologies’

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. All the World’s a Platform 2. Monetising Community 3. Community-Washing Big Tech 4. Private Power and Public Infrastructure 5. Guild Socialism for the Digital Economy 6. Building Civic Platforms 7. Global Digital Services 8. Recoding Our Digital Future 9. Postscript: 2042 Notes Index

James Muldoon is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Exeter, Head of Digital Research at Autonomy, and YouTube philosopher at Political Philosophy. He also works directly with digital businesses transitioning to fair work practices. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, Time magazine and the Huffington Post.

'A ground-breaking, ambitious and rigorous account of how and why we must take control over contemporary digital technologies’

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. All the World’s a Platform 2. Monetising Community 3. Community-Washing Big Tech 4. Private Power and Public Infrastructure 5. Guild Socialism for the Digital Economy 6. Building Civic Platforms 7. Global Digital Services 8. Recoding Our Digital Future 9. Postscript: 2042 Notes Index

James Muldoon is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Exeter, Head of Digital Research at Autonomy, and YouTube philosopher at Political Philosophy. He also works directly with digital businesses transitioning to fair work practices. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, Time magazine and the Huffington Post.

'A ground-breaking, ambitious and rigorous account of how and why we must take control over contemporary digital technologies’

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. All the World’s a Platform 2. Monetising Community 3. Community-Washing Big Tech 4. Private Power and Public Infrastructure 5. Guild Socialism for the Digital Economy 6. Building Civic Platforms 7. Global Digital Services 8. Recoding Our Digital Future 9. Postscript: 2042 Notes Index