Bitchat
bitchat is a decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over bluetooth mesh networks. no internet required, no servers, no phone numbers.
Public Service Internet
MeshCore - Off grid mesh radio communications system
MeshCore is a multi platform system for enabling secure text based communications utilising LoRa radio hardware. It can be used for Off-Grid Communication, Emergency Response & Disaster Recovery, Outdoor Activities, Tactical Security including law enforcement and private security and also IoT sensor networks.
United Nations Global Principles for Information Integrity | United Nations
The United Nations Global Principles For Information Integrity presents a vision of a future in which power imbalances are redressed so that a small group of actors - including technology companies based in a handful of countries - no longer monopolize control over global information flows.
The principles envision an information ecosystem that delivers choice, freedom, privacy and safety for all, in which people everywhere can express themselves freely and make informed and independent decisions.
BadgeFedi - Empower Your Community with Digital Badges
Create, issue, and verify digital credentials in a decentralized, secure, and community-driven ecosystem.
FediForum | FediForum September, 2024
Notes from Fediforum Sept 2024
FediForum | FediForum June, 2025
Notes from Fediforum June 2025
If you needed to borrow something — such as a tool or ingredient — how likely would you be to ask one of your next-door neighbors for it? | Daily Question
If you needed to borrow something — such as a tool or ingredient — how likely would you be to ask one of your next‑door neighbors for it?
Where is the social internet taking us?
Report: An emerging crisis for the giant social platforms - toxic and polarised online environments, but enormous potential to transform our world in positive ways.
Public Interest Technology Group
The Public Interest Technology Group (PITG) is a loosely organized group of individuals who self-identify as public-interest technologists, or are otherwise working on and interested in, issues at the intersection of technology, rights, equity and advocacy.
NRK Lyspunkt: Sakene som gir deg gleden du trenger akkurat nå
Things that give you pause and inspiration from NRK
Lyspunkt: shining a light on positive news | Future Media Hubs
When Ingrid first had the idea for Lyspunkt, she was supposed to be just working on the news about the Covid-19 pandemic at NRK. That period was accompanied, as we have all experienced, by a lot of negative feelings and dread. Many people tried to start new things in life during the pandemic. Ingrid also felt this opportunity and wanted to do something to help those around her get through these dark days. It is at this point in time she saw an early bright spot rising.
The Public Service Media and Public Service Internet Manifesto
This book presents the collectively authored Public Service Media and Public Service Internet Manifesto and accompanying materials.The Internet and the media landscape are broken. The dominant commercial Internet platforms endanger democracy. They have created a communications landscape overwhelmed by surveillance, advertising, fake news, hate speech, conspiracy theories, and algorithmic politics. Commercial Internet platforms have harmed citizens, users, everyday life, and society. Democracy and digital democracy require Public Service Media. A democracy-enhancing Internet requires Public Service Media becoming Public Service Internet platforms – an Internet of the public, by the public, and for the public; an Internet that advances instead of threatens democracy and the public sphere. The Public Service Internet is based on Internet platforms operated by a variety of Public Service Media, taking the public service remit into the digital age. The Public Service Internet provides opportunities for public debate, participation, and the advancement of social cohesion.
The Public Service Internet - Adrian Hon - Medium
Creating the alternative to Google by Adrian Hon
Start a new co‑op
Looking to start a co‑op? Here you can access a step by step guide to starting a co‑op and register your co‑op with our online registration tool. You can apply for business support to get your new start-up off the ground in the best way possible.
Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts
Bike Index - Bike registration that works
A ‘Public Service Internet’—Reclaiming the Public Service Mission
A digital future is a given. A positive, sustainable, and inclusive digital future is in our hands.
Public Media Alliance
What is limitarianism? Professor Ingrid Robeyns explains
How to skim a privacy policy to spot red flags
BBC R&D EXPLAINS: A public service internet
Explaining the public service internet
BBC R&D EXPLAINS: Personal data stores
Talking about Personal data stores
How tool sharing could become a public utility
The Challenge: Tools and other equipment have a low frequency use, but are found in many households and therefore represent a high material intensity, underutilised and space occupying item.
The Solution: Consolidate tools from many households into one centralised 'library', giving access to the local neighbourhood on a subscription basis.
FediForum | FediForum September, 2024
Notes from the Fediforum September 2024
FediForum | Notes from the inaugural FediForum, March 2023
FediForum | Notes from FediForum, September 2023
Notes from FediForum, Sept 2023
fediverse-ideas
Following the example of Open Source Ideas, this project aims to be a collection of ideas for possible FediVerse projects.
Explainer: What is public space and why does it need protecting?
Smart TVs, smart fridges, smart washing machines?