Research supporting citizen-owned infrastructure
The problems are documented. Big Tech and Big Government surveillance, environmental damage from centralized data centers, algorithmic manipulation, and the erosion of digital freedom. Here's what the research shows.
Featured Research
Hidden Costs: Data Centers Drain Rural Communities
How mega data centers impact small towns through water depletion, energy costs, and environmental degradation.
The Panopticon Grows: How Tech Giants Share Data with Governments
Evidence of systematic data sharing between major tech platforms and government agencies, and what it means for digital privacy.
Additional Research
The Algorithm Has Spoken: How Platforms Suppress Minority Viewpoints
Analysis of algorithmic censorship and how tech platforms silently suppress speech through demotion, shadowbanning, and content removal.
Attention Economy: How Algorithmic Manipulation Drives Addiction and Radicalizes Users
The science behind how platforms optimize for engagement over truth, creating psychological dependency and information silos.
Problems are clear. Solutions exist.
Citizen-owned infrastructure doesn't solve everything, but it solves the root problem: centralized power. When communities control their own digital spaces, surveillance, exploitation, and manipulation become impossible by design.