







Aye > Data Ownership as a conversation changes when data resides primarily with people (..). > Instead of arguing for what kinds of data we ought to be able to download from the corporate silos, the platforms should be asking us what kinds of data they may copy from *our* servers.
Erlend Sogge Heggen
The web can be made personal again. blog.muni.town/personal-data-storage-idea/
Jan 31, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Who Even Cares About Data Ownership Anyway? - What The Function!?
Taking a look at a concept that's been talked a lot over the last few years, especially in the context of social media

Who Even Cares About Data Ownership Anyway? - What The Function!?
Taking a look at a concept that's been talked a lot over the last few years, especially in the context of social media

Personal data storage is an idea whose time has come
Data Ownership as a conversation changes when data resides primarily with people-governed institutions rather than corporations.

We Need A New Kind Of Data Rights
Associational data rights would empower communities to reclaim power from Big Tech

Living in Data: A Citizen's Guide to a Better Information Future (Paperback)
Jer Thorp’s analysis of the word “data” in 10,325 New York Times stories written between 1984 and 2018 shows a distinct trend: among the words most closely associated with “data,” we find not only its classic companions “information” and “digital,” but also a variety of new neighbors—from “scandal” and “misinformation” to “ethics,” “friends,” and “play.”To live in data in the twenty-first century

MyData
The human-centric approach to data is aimed at a fair, sustainable, and prosperous digital society. In such a society, people get value from their data and set the agenda on how it is used. And for organisations, the ethical use of data is always the most attractive option.

Reframing our relation to our data | Ronen Tamari
From data as digital exhaust to data as digital trails to collective wisdom.
Data Feminism
A new way of thinking about data science and data ethics that is informed by the ideas of intersectional feminism.Today, data science is a form of power. I

Fed up with Big Tech, communities turn to data collectives for control
Data collectives and cooperatives, which let creators control the collection and distribution of their data, are emerging as preferred alternatives to big tech companies.

Reclaiming Data Autonomy as a Peasant
forthcoming — on the quiet enclosure of the transcript commons.
B-Sides: Permissioned data is a love triangle - Nick's Blog
This is a B-sides post with unpolished thoughts that didn’t make it into the main article.
Proposal: User Intents for Data Reuse · bluesky-social atproto · Discussion #3617
This is a discussion thread for the User Intents for Data Reuse proposal.
No one wants to own their data until the platform where their data lives enshittifies to the point of unusability and/or starts selling their data in ways they didn't expect. Like, 99% of ppl are here because Elon owns Twitter. I get why people don't care, but they tend to eventually every time.
There is one area with Permissioned Data Spaces that I haven't seen discussed. It reveals that data is currently stored in the (I think I'm coining a term here) *Public Space* on Personal Data Servers. Remember, most people on Bluesky aren't aware of where their data is stored, or what that means.

A Jewish Case for AI work exemptions

The AI Resist List
What is the Atmosphere? - Leaflet Lab Notes

Collective action strategies in the age of AI w/ Nick Vincent from Data Leverage - The Blockchain Socialist

Roundabout
How to: Migrate away from Substack