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In the news | Tech Policy Press
Contending for Democracy on Social Media and Beyond
Today, the futures of both democracy and the internet lie at crossroads. These futures are intertwined in complex and critical ways, with each threatened from within, and by one another. While debates over the extent of the internet’s contributions to…
In the news | Ford Foundation
Reconceiving the Missing Layers of the Internet for a More Just Future
The internet is among the most complex systems ever built, with a sprawling digital infrastructure of millions of interconnected devices and networks that, together, enable us to connect and communicate with one another around the world in real time. The…
In the news | The Washington Post
Crypto pulled off its big upgrade. Even larger ambitions await.
The platform that hosts many of the world’s NFT and cryptocurrency trades just completed one of the trickiest upgrades in modern technology. Now come the really big goals. Earlier this week, ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin and his team successfully finished…
In the news | Radical Xchange
Plurality: Technology for Collaborative Diversity and Democracy
We are about to embark on a journey and hope you will join us. Over the past half decade we have, in collaboration with so many of you, been developing an alternative to the usual narratives about the future of…
In the news | BBC
Project Origin: Securing Trust in Media
Project Origin is part of a wide collaboration between media and tech organisations to develop signals that can be tied to media content to allow audiences to determine where content has come from and check for any manipulation or changes…
In the news | WIRED
The Web3 Decentralization Debate Is Focused on the Wrong Question
WEB3 ADVOCATES PROMISE decentralization on an unprecedented scale. Excessive centralization can stymie coordination and erode freedom, democracy, and economic dynamism—decentralization is supposed to be the remedy. But the term on its own is too vague to be a coherent end…
In the news | CoinDesk
After DeFi, DeSoc: Finding Web 3’s Soul
By using Web 3’s building blocks to represent social identity, the ecosystem can overcome its current limitations and bring about a decentralized society. Web 3 has stunned the world by forging a parallel system of finance of unprecedented flexibility and…
In the news | Arabian Business
The metaverse will strengthen relationships, empower people, and help tackle global crises: experts
With the metaverse becoming more of a reality every day, the opportunities presented by that digital world have become the key focus among multinational corporates and the public sector alike as both entities look to manage the space while regulating…
In the news | Boston Review
Can Big Tech Serve Democracy?
Two new books about technology and the fate of democracy begin by describing the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. They are right to see that fateful day as a turning point and a benchmark for debates…