SFSCON23 - Gabriel Ku Wei Bin - Why Do We Need A Next Generation Internet

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The Internet today forms the backbone of the digitisation of our society and economy. As connectivity increases, the boundaries between the real and digital world get increasingly blurred. However, there has been an erosion of trust in the Internet following revelations about the exploitation of personal data, large-scale cybersecurity and data breaches, and growing awareness of the proliferation and impacts of online disinformation. What can be done to improve the Internet as a platform for future generations? What initiatives are currently in place to build key technological blocks of an Internet that supports human-centric values, such as privacy, security, and inclusion, while reflecting the values and norms all citizens should enjoy in Europe? This talk will explore why the current state of the internet must be re-imagined and re-engineered in order to support healthy societies, the existing European Commission initiative to work towards doing so, and the role of Free Software in accomplishing these goals.

Technologie

Why Do We Need A
Next Generation Internet?
02.11.2023 – NGI Webinar 2023
Lina Ceballos · Gabriel Ku Wei Bin · Free Software Foundation Europe

Agenda
The state of today‘s Internet
What is the Next Generation Internet
Getting funding for your Free Software project through NGI
Q&A
contact@fsfe.org
gabriel.ku@fsfe.org

The Internet
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Engine of digitization of modern day society
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For the average user, unprecedented access
to information, data, and services.
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Erosion of trust over the years in the power
and the value of the internet as a tool

The State of Things
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Privacy and Data issues
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Misinformation
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Decline in the User Experience
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Technical Issues

What is a Next Generation Internet?
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For the European Union as an institution:
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Protection of personal data
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Guarantees of privacy and security
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Combats disinformation
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Guarantees user freedom and access
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Respects fundamental rights
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Enforces ethics and sustainability

The NGI Zero Initiative
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Support Free Software projects with funding and
technical support from a consortium of various
organizations.
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Approved software projects must have some
potential to improve the internet as a platform in
some way.

Examples of Supported Projects
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CryptPad – private-by-design online collaboration
tool with built-in data encryption
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SearX - do-not-track search tool that unifies private
and personal data search
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Consento – decentralized digital vault for
managing confidential data using P2P encrypted
storage
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WorldBrain.io – browser extension that tackles
misinformation with collective web intelligence.

Get Involved
https://www.ngi.eu/ngi-projects/ngi-zero/
https://nlnet.nl/propose/
https://fsfe.org/activities/ngi/ngi.en.html

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