Framing to Grow the Open Social Web and Serve Democratic Freedoms – Position Paper / Richard Reisman

FediForum | Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop, 2026/03/02

Let's fund the open social web

A pro-social approach to building better platforms

Growing the open social web

A position statement for FediForum's unworkshop

The Atmosphere . Building the open social web

Long Live the Web: A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality

The Web is critical not merely to the digital revolution but to our continued prosperity—and even our liberty. Like democracy itself, it needs defending

FediForum

FediForum: moving the Open Social Web forward

FediForum | Growing the Open Social Web:<br>An Online Un-Workshop

Since the Twitter takeover by Elon Musk over three years ago, the Open Social Web has been adopted by an enthusiastic community. People world-wide are building and using open social platforms and open social protocols to better interact with others online.

Declaration of Social Media Rights

Five fundamental rights we need for a free, open, and humane social media ecosystem

W Don't Have Time | Offprint

"Trust community, not wealth" Holding power accountable on the open social web.

Briefing_Building a New Social Web-20260218.pdf

Growing the Open Social Web

We can't just keep building facsimiles.

W-Social: What does sovereignty mean for social media? – Open Future

The European Commission’s move to W-Social frames it as a European alternative to X, but its closed-source code and reliance on Bluesky’s infrastructure show that sovereign social media requires open infrastructure—not European ownership alone.

We’re in the middle of a perfect storm for rollback of the “open web” and burgeoning online surveillance

Looking at fallout of the KOSA hearings today — and subsequent commentary — I remain optimistic for the development of social technology & communication but I’m beginning to think the ope…