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See No Evil, Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil

A look at the facts surrounding the debate on social media bans.

Building Trust in the Open

How Protocols for Publishers points to the future of journalism — and the web

People, Protocols and AI: Power and Governance in Open Social Networks

This is the pre-reading for the first event in a global series focused on AI and the social web, held at the India AI Impact Summit. An expanded version incorporating insights from the workshop will follow.

‘Best Interests of the Child’ Paradox: The Social Media Ban Debate in the UK

The UK’s current approach, including the rollout of the Online Safety Act, is still failing to end the widespread harms facing young people online.

Getting Bots to Respect Boundaries

Publisher content is being scraped at scale for AI training and services without clear consent, attribution, or compensation, while also degrading site performance and diverting engineering resources away from human users.

Community Networks: Critical Infrastructure For Rural Connectivity In India

As India goes digital-first, millions remain offline. Locally run networks show how connectivity can be built where markets fall short.

What Do We Want? To Stop Using Google Docs.

When do we want it? TBH, it's complicated.

Censorship Should Be Obsolete by Now. Why Isn’t It?

Internet censorship is accelerating worldwide, driven by governance choices, corporate power, and governments invoking digital sovereignty to justify tighter control.

6G Hype, Hard Questions: Why The Next “G” Demands Caution, Not Acceleration

The real risk of 6G is not that it will arrive too late, but that it will arrive too fast—before we have agreed on what problem it is meant to solve, and for whom.

Our 5 Most-Read Articles of 2025

From digital sovereignty to encryption and online safety. A look back at the pieces readers engaged with most this year.

Standards for a Responsible AI Future: Reflections on the Seoul Statement

The statement comes at a time when principles of justice, dignity, and human rights are increasingly politicized, questioned, or treated as negotiable.

Encryption and Feminism: We’re Bringing The Conversation Online

A follow-up to our Mozilla Festival session on Encryption and Feminism: Reimagining Child Safety Without Surveillance.

'Composable Moderation' May Protect Bluesky from Political Pressure

Composable moderation decentralizes rule-setting, reducing pressure on any single platform and limiting attempts to “work the refs.”

Technical Standards in Service to Humanity

Inside the making of a new UN report on technology and human rights.