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The decentralization movement aims to limit the increasing centralization of the internet and digital resources into a small number of powerful platform companies. In doing so, they hope to promote free expression and resilience.
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Kybern is a website which helps communities explore new, non-hierarchical forms of governance and manage their resources in collaborative ways.
The Metagovernance Project is an interdisciplinary research collective. We build standards and infrastructure for digital self-governance. Our
Govbase is an open, crowdsourced database of projects and tools in online governance.
Supporting open source project leaders implementing best practices in sustainability, governance, and community health.
Founded by billionaire Frank McCourt, Unfinished "works to strengthen our civic life in the digital age."
A collaborative platform for open metadata built on intersectional and inclusive practices of ethical data governance.
Project Carola
BerlinContainerized Open-Source Mask Production Lines
Peermaps
Puna District, HawaiiPeermaps is a distributed, offline-friendly alternative to commercial map providers such as google maps. Instead of fetching data from a centralized tile service, your computer fetches map data from other peers across the network
The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) is a free software project that aims to empower decentralized efforts in increasing transparency of internet censorship around the world. You can run OONI Probe to collect evidence of internet censorship.
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