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Version history for “Declaration of Digital Independence”

June 9, 2019

Theory, Internet, Social

1.3 (2019-06-29) Added CC-by-sa license (thought I had done this earlier but apparently not). 1.2 (2019-06-29) Added a quote from Thomas Jefferson, author of the original Declaration, and a picture of his Monticello. […]
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Some thoughts on the new Voice.com project

June 1, 2019

Internet, Social, Everipedia

This evening we finally learned what the #B1June hype was all about: among other things, a new social media system called Voice.com, built by Block.one, the company behind the outrageously well-performing EOS token. […]
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Talk back: Why should we have more restrictions on “harmful” speech on social media?

May 10, 2019

Social, Politics, Philosophy, Theory, Internet

Dear all, This is a different sort of blog post. Rather than me writing yet another essay to you, I want to open the floor to you. I want you to answer something […]
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The NAS revolution: Get your data out of the cloud

April 25, 2019

Privacy, Internet, Tech and Coding, Theory

It turns out the cloud is kind of evil. We blithely put all our data online, right in the hands of giant corporations (and by extension, hackers and governments) who only too happily […]
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Zuckerberg Is Wrong: Don’t Regulate Our Content

April 1, 2019

Theory, Privacy, Internet, Social, Politics

Last Sunday, Mark Zuckerberg made another Facebook strategy post. (This is his second major policy post in as many months. I responded to his March 6 missive as well.) Unsurprisingly, it was a […]
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How to decentralize social media—a brief sketch

February 19, 2019

Internet, Social, Tech and Coding, Everipedia, Theory, Publishing

The problem about social media is that it is centralized. Centralization empowers massive corporations and governments to steal our privacy and restrict our speech and autonomy. What should exist are neutral, technical standards […]
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My Facebook #DeletionDay goodbye message

February 18, 2019

Theory, Privacy, Internet, Moi, Social

Here’s what I posted as my last long message to Facebook. Folks, as previously announced, tomorrow will be my #DeletionDay for Facebook. It’ll be the last day I’ll post here, and I’ll begin the […]
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How deep should one go into this privacy stuff, anyway?

February 14, 2019

Theory, Privacy, Internet

Probably deeper than you thought. Here’s why. If you are convinced that privacy actually matters, and you really want to lock down your cyber-life, as I am trying to do, there are easy […]
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Why I quit Quora and Medium for good

February 1, 2019

Social, Theory, Communication, Knowledge, Internet

It’s not a temporary rage-quit; I’ve deleted both accounts. I have zero followers, no content, and no username. I’m outta there. This is going to be more interesting than it sounds, I promise. […]
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A plea for protocols

January 31, 2019

Theory, Communication, Knowledge, Internet, Tech and Coding, Everipedia

The antidote to the abuses of big tech is the very thing that gave birth to the Internet itself: decentralized, neutral technical protocols. The thought that inspires my work. Ever since I started […]
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