Building Trust in the Open
How Protocols for Publishers points to the future of journalism — and the web
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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.