{"product_id":"users-book-beeban-kidron-9780753562468","title":"Users","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn insider’s guide to the fight to regulate Big Tech and a manifesto for how concerned citizens and parents can take back control. For fans of Jonathan Haidt, Shoshana Zuboff and Sarah Wynn-Williams.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAS HEARD ON BBC BREAKFAST AND BBC SUNDAY WITH LAURA KUENSSBERG\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn USERS, legislator and campaigner Beeban Kidron goes on a journey into the world Big Tech has created, from the halls of Parliament and the UN to the White House and Silicon Valley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough her encounters with specialist police officers, bereaved parents, lobbyists and tech bros, you’ll witness the unchecked power of Big Tech, as they avoid rules and regulations, and capture governments that are meant to protect us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou’ll see how the issue is not technology itself, but its use and abuse. How tools built to connect people are redeployed to divide, punish, distract, and control; while our tech overlords come to own everything – but continue to be held responsible for nothing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow that we know their game, it's time to fight back. \u003cb\u003eThis book will show you what went wrong, what is \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e going on, and what we can do about it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for USERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A thrilling story of how democracies can respond to the world’s most powerful industry, told by the woman who is leading the charge.' \u003c\/b\u003eJonathan Haidt, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Anxious Generation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Kidron brings the insider knowledge of a legislator and the storytelling instincts of a filmmaker to one of the most urgent crises of our time.’ \u003c\/b\u003eTristan Harris, co-founder of Center for Humane Technology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beeban has spent her life\u003cb\u003e watching what Big Tech does \u003c\/b\u003eto childhood. We fight the same battle. USERS is her reckoning and her roadmap: we must demand better – but only if we have the courage. \u003cb\u003eRead it. Then join our fight!' \u003c\/b\u003e Maria Ressa, journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This book \u003cb\u003ewill help us understand \u003c\/b\u003ehow high the stakes are and\u003cb\u003e how we can fight back.’\u003c\/b\u003e Sir Elton John and David Furnish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW SCIENTIST\u003c\/i\u003e BEST NEW POPULAR SCIENCE BOOK OF JUNE 2026\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":52499810025745,"sku":"NGR9780753562468","price":17.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53679652110609,"sku":"NLS9780753562468","price":17.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53704521220369,"sku":"GOR015009606","price":15.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780753562468.jpg?v=1786088022","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/users-book-beeban-kidron-9780753562468","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}