In this issue: • Web3, DWeb, Web0…? • Self-Certifying Web Protocols • Avoiding Internet Centralization • Exploring the Decentralized Web • Other tips & updates and events coming up

In this issue: • A declaration of interdependence • Whose Web3? • Other tips & updates and events coming up

In October’s Redecentralize Digest: • What to get right first to protect human rights in ‘Web3’ • DWeb meetup (tomorrow!) • Other tips & updates and events coming up

In this issue: • Cryptoeconomics as a Limitation on Governance • Ecological awareness • Backchannel petnames • New Public & Unfinished • Other tips & updates and events coming up

Five things I wish Web2 had addressed early to protect human rights. Rebecca’s essay takes a page of history to outline missed opportunities from Web2 that we should not miss as we embark on the next chapter of the internet. Her chosen lens, human rights, is fascinating because it showcases the most ambitious goals the internet might accomplish and also where it has failed with breathless technical solutions.

In 2018, the World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee and a group of 800 web builders met in San Francisco to discuss how to circumvent the internet gatekeepers like Google and Facebook at the Decentralised Web Summit, hosted by Internet Archive. The demand was a decentralised web, which isn’t a new concept but has gained much popularity after John Snowden’s revelations, the Cambridge Analytica fiasco, and others. After almost three decades, the evolution of the internet is standing at the threshold of its 3.0 version. Berners-Lee had earlier predicted a Semantic Web, a version that would be autonomous, intelligent, and open. Instead, web 3.0 seems to check all the boxes.

Most articles you’ll find about this discuss cryptocurrency and NFTs, but our use case of decentralized and highly duplicated file storage isn’t immune. Aren’t we asking for more files to be stored on more servers, with more aggregate uptime and thus more energy use? In this context, do we now need to protect the environment more directly from the decentralized web?

In this issue: • Human rights are not a bug • Appeals to prevent the next Google in the EU, and create “full stack” public media in the US • Apple’s controversial step towards making iPhones police their owners • Other tips & updates and events coming up

Realizing the potential of the web to democratize the advance of human knowledge while preserving cultural autonomy and promoting universal human rights requires more than a begrudging (and often patronizing) nod to “global perspectives” interpreted through the lens of the Silicon Valley ethos. Achieving just outcomes requires actively prioritizing both equal access and equitable participation across social and cultural boundaries.