At #DWebSummit, @nicopace notes that "people in remote communities want to connect with each other, not necessarily to the internet".
@nicopace There is a unique value in keeping these communities "disconnected", to preserve their cultures against the monoculture on the internet.
This is the opposite strategy of what Zuckerberg wants to build in the Global South.
This is the opposite strategy of what Zuckerberg wants to build in the Global South.
"There is no decentralized web without owning your infrastructure." @nicopace
From Kenya and Pakistan, Cecilia Maundu and Nighat Dad also highlighted the vulnerability and harassment that is inherent to being online with the planet, and decentralization as a way of creating safe boundaries for digital networking.
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In other words, the internet is often a channel for *cultural colonization*.
And for most people in the Global South, "Facebook is the Internet".
Ethnocentric actors and organizations are blind to these problems.
And for most people in the Global South, "Facebook is the Internet".
Ethnocentric actors and organizations are blind to these problems.
