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Anil Dash

What Anil Dash thinks about government

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Technologist and writer, a blogger since 1999, formerly chief executive of Glitch and a board member of the Data & Society Research Institute. His 2012 essay "The Web We Lost" is one of the founding texts of the argument that the open web has been enclosed.

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  1. Our readingPlatforms run by technically capable, well-intentioned people can preserve content more reliably over decades than typical government or corporate web infrastructure.

    infrastructure

    Their wordsIn contrast, platforms that are run by technically fluent, well-intentioned and thoughtful technologists can be very effective in maintaining content over a timescale of decades.

    ↗Why are the Artemis II photos on Flickr?anildash.com 2nd of 3 in this piece

  3. Our readingAuthoritarian governments seek to destroy or falsify public records, including digital ones.

    Their wordsThe traditional authoritarian impulse to destroy or falsify the public record has not spared the digital realm under the current administration.

    ↗Why are the Artemis II photos on Flickr?anildash.com 3rd of 3 in this piece