Select Page

Your search results

Clear Selections
Project Type
Publicly Available
File Type
Initiative
Role
Industry
Concept
Project Category

Your search results

Social Media on the Blockchain
Hilary Carter
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/social-media-on-the-blockchain/
Apr 14, 2018 - This case study details the AKASHA project, an initiative using blockchain technology to improve the social media experience for all stakeholders. Networks can be more private, inclusive, unrestricted, and participatory, rather than an instrument for central powers to censor, track, and influence users. AKASHA illustrates the potential and possible obstacles of blockchain-based social media.
Keyword: big data, Cambridge Analytica, copyright, Ethereum, Facebook, free speech, InterPlanetary File System, marketing, media & telecom, Mihai Alisie, Napalm Girl, privacy, SDG 16, SDG 8
Saving the Web
Don Tapscott, Christian Keil
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/saving-the-web/
Dec 09, 2018 - Amid ongoing reports of surveillance, censorship, and massive hacking of data, this research explores how distributed ledger technology can address the challenges of the World Wide Web. The authors argue that blockchain can support the Internet’s founding ideals, decentralize the Internet, and restore the balance of power between individuals and large organizations. They focus on three big issues: open access, fair participation, and the recovery of the individual sovereignty as users. The authors interviewed such experts as Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Joseph Lubin of Consensus Systems, Shane Greenstein of Harvard Business School, Rouven Heck of u...
Keyword: Facebook, free speech, GDPR, HTTP, law & regulation, net neutrality, privacy, SDG 10, SDG 3, self-sovereign identity, TCP/IP, technology, W3 Consortium
Subscribe