This anthology clears up misconceptions about the Internet and summarises what we really know about the online world. The editors Matthias C. Kettemann and Stephan Dreyer have embarked on a search for the 50 most common Internet myths and asked Internet experts from Africa, America, Asia and Europe to disprove these myths in a concise form.
Six myths were disenchanted by researchers from the HBI:
- “International Law Does Not Apply on the Internet” by Matthias C. Kettemann
- “The Internet Never Forgets” by Stephan Dreyer
- “Internet Platforms Are Not Liable for User-Generated Content” by Amélie Pia Heldt
- “People Get Their News Only via Social Media” by Sascha Hölig
- “The Internet Is an Emancipatory Tool to End All Discrimination” by Katharina Mosene
- “Millenials Are All Internet-Savvy ‘Digital Natives'” by Claudia Lampert
The book was published in English and German. Abstracts are also available in all UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish). The project was supported by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy
The contents are available at internetmythen.de (GER)/ internetmyths.eu (ENG). You can also download it as a PDF file (English Version).
Kettemann, M.C.; Dreyer, S.; (eds.) (2019): Busted! The Truth about the 50 Most Common Internet Myths. Hamburg: Verlag Hans-Bredow-Institut.