Mathias Klang, LL.M., Ph.D.
Books
3 works
2008
Copyright – Copyleft: En guide om upphovsrätt och licenser på nätet
IIS Internetguide, nr 6
2006
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Göteborg. Gothenburg Studies in Informatics, Report 36
2005
Human Rights in the Digital Age
Cavendish Publishing, London. ISBN 1-90438-531-1
Journal Articles
20 works
2026
Boundaries of Care: The Ethics of Parental Surveillance on Adult ChildrenForthcoming
Surveillance and Society, 24(3), September 2026
2026
First Monday, Volume 31, Number 4, April 2026
2020
Journal of Digital Social Research, Vol. 2, No. 2, 28–47
2019
Journal of Resistance Studies, Volume 2
2016
First Monday, Volume 21, Number 6, June 2016
2012
Scripted, vol. 9, Issue 2, August 2012
2011
First Monday, Volume 16, Number 8, August 2011
2009
Young People, Disclosure of Personal Information and Online Privacy: Control, Choice and Consequences
Information Security Technical Report, Volume 14, Issue 3, pp. 160–166
2005
First Monday, Volume 10, Number 3, March 2005
2005
Creative Commons Meets Open Access
ScieCom info, 2005:1
2004
Civil Disobedience Online
Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society, Volume 2, Issue 2, pp. 75–83
2004
Spyware – the ethics of covert software
Ethics and Information Technology, Issue 3, September 2004, pp. 193–202, Kluwer
2004
Avatar: From Deity to Corporate Property
Information, Communication & Society, Volume 7, Number 3, pp. 389–402, Routledge
2003
Spyware: Paying for Software with our Privacy
International Review of Law Computers and Technology, Volume 17, Number 3, November 2003
2003
A Critical Look at the Regulation of Computer Viruses
International Journal of Law and Information Technology, Vol. 11, No. 2, Oxford University Press
2003
Technology, Speech, Law & Ignorance – The state of free speech in Sweden
Hertfordshire Law Journal, 1(2), Autumn 2003, 48–63
2002
Overcoming Barriers: Why SMEs Should Consider Networks
International Journal of Services Technology and Management, Volume 3, Number 1, pp. 68–81
2001
Decision Support Systems, 31 (2001), pp. 293–301
Book Chapters
15 works
2027
An Entire History of You: Five Critical Questions about Live Facial Recognition SurveillanceForthcoming
in Hunsinger, J. (ed), Handbook of Public Policy and the Internet, Edwin Elgar
2018
in Vanacker & Heider (eds), Ethics for a Digital Age, Peter Lang Publishing
2014
in Brownsword, R. & Duewell, M. (eds), Cambridge Handbook on Human Dignity, Cambridge University Press, pp. 505–513
2014
in Nordin, Snickars & Czaika (eds), Information som problem, Kungliga Biblioteket, Stockholm, pp. 218–238
2014
Personcentrering på distans – e-hälsa
in Ekman, I. (ed), Personcentrerad Hälsa, Liber, Stockholm, pp. 245–261
2012
in Sigurdardóttir, H. (ed), Tolv Toner, Rösshka Gunnebo Akademien, nr 2, pp. 72–85
2011
in Nilsson, M. (ed), Sociala? Medier? En antologi om en ny tid, Manifesto, Stockholm, pp. 49–55
2008
Spyware
in Luppicini, R. & Adell, R. (eds), Handbook of Research on Technoethics, Idea Group Reference
2007
The Evolution of Free Software
in St.Amant, K. & Still, B. (eds), Handbook of Research on Open Source Software, Idea Group Reference
2006
Tillit & Teknologi
in Johansson, Jönsson & Solli (eds), Värdet av Förtroende, Studentlitteratur, Lund
2006
Controlling Online Information: Censorship and Cultural Protection
in Hellström (ed), The World Summit on the Information Society, Uppsala: Collegium for Development Studies
2005
in Klang, M. & Murray, A. (eds), Human Rights in the Digital Age, Cavendish Publishing, London
2005
in Klang, M. & Murray, A. (eds), Human Rights in the Digital Age, Cavendish Publishing, London
Conference Proceedings & Papers
17 works · selected
2026
Surveillance Microcosms as Planetary Infrastructure: Intimate Monitoring and the Atomization of Control
#SSN2026 Planetary Surveillance — 11th SSN/S&S Biennial Conference, Université Catholique de Lille, France, June 2026
2025
Lying to the Machine
Shady Subjects: Everyday Contestation in Automated Systems, Cornell University, April 2025
2024
Resistance to the Parental Panopticon
25th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, Sheffield, UK, October–November 2024
2023
Negotiating the Digital Domestic Panopticon: Young Adults, Parental Surveillance, and Everyday Resistance
V-Data Conference, Pavia, Italy, September 2023
2018
Activism as Meme: The globalized performance of protest
Eastern Sociological Society, Baltimore, February 2018
2017
Online Mammary Activists: Trolling the Surveillance Capital Machine
Connecting to the Masses Symposium, Amsterdam, November 2017
2013
Spontaneous reactions to an anti-piracy initiative: A YouTube clip microanalysis
iConference 2013 Proceedings, pp. 985–989
2013
The Swedish Slut Shaming Riot: Technology as an enabler of social misbehavior
Fourth International Transforming Audiences Conference, University of Westminster, September 2013
2013
Book Pirates: Tethered Technologies and their Domestication
Internet Research 14.0: Resistance and Appropriation, Denver, October 2013
2011
To Inform or to Interact, that is the question: The role of Freedom of Information
Social Media Policies, Information Science and Social Media, Åbo/Turku, Finland, August 2011, pp. 11–27
2008
Open Access and Action Research
Proceedings of HCC8: Social Dimensions of ICT Policy
2006
Virtual Censorship: Controlling the Public Sphere
in Berleur, Numinen & Impagliazzo (eds), Social Informatics: An Information Society for All?, IFIP Vol. 223, Springer, pp. 185–194
2006
Informational Commons
Proceedings of European Conference on Information Systems, Göteborg
2005
The Digital Commons: Using Licenses to Promote Creativity
Proceedings of Ethicomp, September 2005
2003
Spyware and the cost of free software
Controlling Information in the Online Environment, Proceedings of the 18th BILETA Conference
2001
Copyright in the age of disruptive technologies
Proceedings of IFIP TC8 Working Conference on E-Commerce/E-Business, Salzburg
2000
Who Do You Trust? Beyond Encryption, Secure Ebusiness
World Wide Law, 15th Annual International BILETA Conference, April 2000
Other Writing
Editorials · Forewords · Reviews · Encyclopedia entries
2019
Journal of Resistance Studies, Volume 2, 2019
2014
Foreword Foreword
in Johnson, S. (ed), Global Issues and Ethical Considerations in Human Enhancement Technologies, IGI Global
2009
Technology of Internet
in Donsbach, W. (ed), The International Encyclopaedia of Communication, Blackwells, pp. 2455–2461 Encyclopedia
2008
Review of Intellectual Property: The many faces of the public domain (Edward Elgar, 2007) Review
Script-ed
2007
Review of Varför dog Bellman – Om inte om hade varit (2007) Review
Datorn i Utbildningen, nr 7
2007
Review of Internet Politics (OUP, 2006) Review
Information, Communication & Ethics in Society, 2007, pp. 29–30
2006
Review of Internet Law and Cultures (CUP, 2005) Review
Web Journal of Current Legal Issues, [2006] 2 Web JCLI
2003
Review of Human Rights and the Internet Review
International Journal of Law and Information Technology, Volume 11, Issue 1, Spring 2003, pp. 106–108