A “People’s Internet” is a movement to decentralize the web, shifting control away from giant tech corporations and back to everyday users. It prioritizes user-owned data, transparent algorithms, and community-driven digital infrastructure.
A people-owned internet is defined by three main pillars:

• Data Ownership & Privacy: Instead of “Big Tech” harvesting and monetizing your personal data, you retain control over your digital identity. You have the power to decide who sees your data and how it is utilized.
• Decentralized Platforms: Communities build their own social networks and digital spaces. These spaces are run for public good, transparency, and digital citizenship rather than for corporate profit and closed-off, algorithmic “walled gardens”.
• Community-Owned Infrastructure: Groups and municipalities band together to build their own local, high-speed networks, bypassing traditional internet service providers.

Source: Project Liberty

People’s Internet onAir is a human-curated, AI-assisted website or hub similar to a real world town hall and think tank.

We bring together advocates, technologists, students and the public to:
LEARN more about the People’s Internet and evolve our knowledge about data ownership, new protocols and applications, and its leaders and organizations;
DISCUSS key issues, challenges, options, and opportunities
ENGAGE with others to co-create a better, more decentralized and user-centric internet

Together, we can build knowledge-based, trusted, collaborative online communities to create a “People’s Internet” 

• Where onAir hub members own their content & share their profiles and projects with related hubs without being tracked, algorithmic feeds, or intrusive ads;
• Where public posts are curated and shared by members without paywalls integrating AI summaries with their own knowledge; spotlighting the latest news, videos, and projects; moderating discussions, and hosting livestreamed interviews and events;
• Where every person can participate and thrive

Join us & help reclaim the web. Your voice matters onAir!

Imagine having your own online storage, which you control. You store information once and decide who can access what, when you need services like mortgage applications or medical care.

This is what Solid can do. It’s a bit like carrying all your data in a rucksack (backpack) with lots of pockets. To access the data, different apps can only open the pocket you allow them to open, rather than taking the whole rucksack. The rest stays private.

Solid lets people take control of their data and combine it to achieve new results. It gives creators new collaborative tools while passing power back to users. It’s technology that returns the web to its original vision of serving people.

Source: Solid Website

Project Liberty builds solutions that advance human agency and flourishing in an AI-powered world.
The Project Liberty Institute is a nonprofit research and convening hub that advances democratic values and governance to shape a people-centered digital economy.

Technology: Frequency gives people control over their interactions with AI and social platforms.

Governance: Uniting frontier tech and policy to build a people-centered digital future.

Community:  Bringing together 150+ organizations to align AI and innovation with humanity’s interests.

Source: Project Liberty

DSNP stands for Decentralized Social Networking Protocol, which is an open protocol and potential standard for social networking and social media. It is not owned or controlled by any one person or company, allowing anyone to build on it or use it. DSNP is stewarded by Project Liberty Institute, a 501(c)(3).

DSNP is an open-source social media protocol designed to decentralize data ownership, allow easier cross-platform interaction, and let users regain control over their personal data. This includes posts, connections, and messages. The decentralized approach allows users to retain ownership of their information and move it between platforms without relying on a single provider.

The Project Liberty Institute is an independent 501(c)(3) at the center of the global effort to build an open, pro-human AI ecosystem. We bring together technologists, researchers, policymakers, investors, and civic leaders to ensure that people have a voice, choice, and stake in the future of AI.

Our work spans three areas: building open technology infrastructure that puts people in control of their data and digital identity, advancing policy frameworks that align legal code with technical architecture, and generating the research and models that prove pro-human AI can be technically excellent and commercially competitive.

The Project Liberty Alliance consists of over 100 organizations—tech companies, policy groups, impact initiatives, academic institutions, and more—committed to a people-powered internet.

The Alliance serves as a learning and collaboration engine through which members of the community can advance their organizational goals, all while strengthening the overlaps in our missions. It is designed as a way to share learnings, build relationships, and spark collaborations throughout the responsible tech ecosystem and related fields.

Source: Website

onAir Networks are human-curated, AI-assisted online networks of topical Hubs similar to real world town halls and think tanks.

We bring together professionals, administrators, students and the public to:
LEARN more about a field and advance its knowledge
DISCUSS key challenges
ENGAGE with others to co-create solutions

Together, we can build knowledge-based, trusted, collaborative online communities to create a “People’s Internet” 

• Where onAir hub members own their content & share their profiles and projects with related hubs without being tracked, algorithmic feeds, or intrusive ads;
• Where public posts are curated and shared by members without paywalls integrating AI summaries with their own knowledge; spotlighting the latest news, videos, and projects; moderating discussions, and hosting livestreamed interviews and events;
• Where every person can participate and thrive
  

Join us & help us reclaim the web. Your voice matters onAir!