Public Service Internet

BBC development of a personal data store

Are.na is a platform for connecting ideas and building knowledge.

EU funded Trusted Secure Data Sharing Space

"DSNP.org is an independent non-profit organization, focused on stewardship of the Decentralized Social Networking Protocol (DSNP). The organization fits within the umbrella of Project Liberty as the provider of one core component (the social graph protocol) that connects the many different technologies that make up a decentralized social network. "

Project Liberty seeks to accelerate the world's transition to an open, inclusive data economy that puts citizens in control. At the core is a shift from centralized to decentralized-a future in which all people, not just the few, directly benefit from their participation and contribution.

DIY right to repair laptop

SCION (Scalability, Control and Isolation On next-generation Networks), a future Internet architecture. SCION is the first clean-slate Internet architecture designed to provide route control, failure isolation, and explicit trust information for end-to-end communication.

"Solar Protocol is a web platform hosted across a network of solar-powered servers set up in different locations around the world. A solar-powered server is a computer that is powered by a solar panel and a small battery."

Fair and secure google docs

An essay, in the form of an FAQ, about the possibility of digital social spaces built with taxpayer dollars.

"Physical public spaces are increasingly being digitised through technologies such as surveillance cameras and facial recognition."

"Rachel Coldicutt;s talk at the 2019 publicspaces/BBC conference"

"The United States needs to invest in a new digital public sphere-a new civic infrastructure-if it hopes to sustain democratic practice and informed participation."

The push for a "PBS for the internet"

"rather than try to build the next Google, should we not focus on building the infrastructures that prevent the next Google instead?"

Keyoxide allows you to prove "ownership" of accounts on websites, domain names, IM, etc., regardless of your username.

"Liberapay is a recurrent donations platform. We help you fund the creators and projects you appreciate."

"A proposed standard which allows websites and services to disclose information about their usage of analytics software and user tracking. "