How To Break Open The Web
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People have come to accept that they must trade elements of privacy for permission to access the Internet. But many in the tech world see this exchange as a betrayal of the web’s original promise of freedom for all. Digital media professor Dan Gillmor and software engineer Kevin Marks explore how the present, centralized web emerged; why the limitations that the centralized system imposes deserve critique; and how alternative, decentralized systems might offer a counterbalance to governmental and corporate control of the Internet. getAbstract recommends this article to tech trend watchers and all those interested in Internet freedom.
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Dan Gillmor authored the book Mediactive and teaches digital media at Arizona State University. Kevin Marks is a software engineer who believes “human problems are the most interesting to solve.”
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