nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220318-121307-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220318s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220318-121307-0 doi eng 342 23 Kunz, Raffaela Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-0730-2346 Threats to Academic Freedom under the Guise of Open Access - The Power of Publishers, Data Tracking in Science, and the Responsibilities of Public Actors Kunz, Raffaela Verfassungsblog 2022-03-18 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The Budapest Open Access Initiative is celebrating its 20th anniversary and today it seems that we are closer than ever to finally concluding the “access revolution” predicted by many since the arrival of the internet. Yet, developments in the publishing system increasingly suggest that the access revolution is much less revolutionary than expected. Reports gradually bring to light the extent to which publishers started to use the data tracking tools developed by “pioneers” such as Google and Facebook. This development could not only be the final blow for the Open Access movement’s potential to more radically and structurally change the way knowledge is being disseminated in the digital age but pose a systematic threat to the autonomy of the science system and academic freedom in the digital age. CC BY-SA 4.0 Academic Freedom Open Access Science Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/threats-to-academic-freedom-under-the-guise-of-open-access/ raw object