Deploying a toolkit of neutrality, portability and interoperability policies We need an information ecosystem that is at least as networked as the natural ecosystems that are collapsing. We should start by deploying a combination of neutrality, portability and interoperability policies. By Juan Ortiz Freuler and Stefano Quintarelli* Over two years…

Outlining three essential narratives in the political history of the Internet — By Primavera De Filippi, Juan Ortiz Freuler, and Joshua Tan In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a large portion of social interactions have moved online. While our interactions in the physical world are affected by national lockdowns and social distancing rules, our interactions in the digital space are increasingly…

Más allá del Dilema Social: Cuatro tipos de problemas El Dilema Social no es un documental más sobre Internet. Escena tras escena, propone un debate sobre la idea de que las redes sociales son adictivas. Testimonios de ex empleados y especialistas develan las técnicas y mecanismos que se utilizan para hacernos permanecer conectados sin poder hacer mucho al respecto. …

As we enter a new digital cold war, it’s time for a new non-aligned movement to operate as a buffer between the U.S. and China to protect the value of an open Internet. Recent weeks have seen a dramatic escalation in the U.S.’ stance towards tech companies from the People’s…

Los juegos de dinero y política que dan forma a internet ¿Qué geografías atravesaron estos fragmentos de texto antes de llegar a tu pantalla? Habiendo escuchado que fotos y archivos van a “ la nube”, es probable que creas que tu acceso a ellos depende de satélites en el espacio. Pero la nube es realidad algo más parecido a un galpón…

The world wide web is on a crash course that could lead to permanent fragmentation. Only coordinated international solidarity can stop it. Some weeks ago, negotiations for a new global tax regime for digital platforms collapsed. The negotiation, agreed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), has two…

A peak into the patterns emerging from our global communications networks What geographies have these bits of text traveled across before reaching your screen? Having heard everything is “in the Cloud”, you might have come to believe that the internet is managed over satellites in space. But “the Cloud” in…

Original por Juan Ortiz Freuler y Rosemary Leith disponible aquí. Traducido por Juan Ortiz Freuler — correcciones y sugerencias bienvenidas) Unas cuantas plataformas se han convertido en lo que la mayoría de la gente conoce como “Internet”. En los últimos 5 años, Google y Facebook han pasado de gestionar menos…

By Juan Ortiz Freuler and Rosemary Leith A handful of platforms have become what most people know as the internet. Over the past 5 years Google and Facebook alone have crept from managing less than 50% of the traffic to top web publishers, to 75% today. When the big companies…