AI systems are consuming false, misleading, and manipulated content from across the internet - and increasingly presenting it as authoritative answers to millions of users.

This post introduces the written version of some optimistic and constructive thinking on knowledge in networks that I’ve been wrestling with since the end of last year.

DWeb Camp is happening this year July 8th - 12th in Alte Holle, about an hour and a half drive outside of Berlin, Germany. Yes, there's actual camping! Are you part of the atproto community or interested in learning more, and planning to attend? Let us know you're coming by RSVP'ing, and get involved in coordinating in the community forum. DWeb Camp has lots of unconference spaces and time, we can bring many of our beloved stickers, and share what we're building. Note as well that Local-First Conf https://www.localfirstconf.com/ is right after, and after THAT we're considering a July 15th one day hack session in Berlin Community Forum coordination https://discourse.atprotocol.community/t/coordinating-around-dweb-camp-local-first-conf-and-possible-atproto-hack-day/847

Many people in Europe see the open social web as a path to digital sovereignty. This week demonstrated a problem: the assumption that European governments actually want to be sovereign.

Wer schon einmal an einer Ladebuchse verzweifelt ist, weiß: Der falsche Stecker kann einem den Tag ruinieren. Hier liegt aber auch eine Chance für Europa, seine Souveränität zu verteidigen.

This week the Newsmast team is heading to Amsterdam for Public Spaces, where the theme is Technology for Democracy. Here are three talking points - and one call to action - for the conference, the Ope...

This week, the Catholic Church wrote one of the better diagnoses of why decentralised social networks keep struggling.

On the convergence towards private data on social networking protocols, and the connection to Matrix

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Michael Foster, The Newsmast Foundation Björn Staschen, Save Social – Networks For Democracy

Talking in terms of horizontal or vertical interoperability is too constrictive a mental model to understand what interoperability does. Doing better matters, and it's right within reach.