Reweaving the Web
About The Book
What's wrong with the World Wide Web? Since the mid-1990s, it has connected billions, enabling information sharing, business, and entertainment. However, companies like Google and Facebook prioritize surveilling us, extracting our data, and manipulating behavior, leading to a mistrustful online environment filled with intrusive ads, misinformation, and harmful content.
In his new book, Richard Whitt, a former tech policy attorney, outlines how our digital future could improve. He proposes creating a new profession of Net fiduciaries to protect our interests using advanced technologies like personal AI agents. Whitt also suggests practical steps we can take to make this vision a reality.
About Richard Whitt
Richard Whitt is a tech policy expert based in the San Francisco area, with over 30 years of experience bridging technology, business, ethics, and public policy. He is president of the GLIA Foundation, founder of NetsEdge LLC, and senior fellow with the Georgetown Tech Law and Policy Institute. Previously, as part of his 11-plus years with Google, Richard served as Corporate Director for Strategic Initiatives, where he championed an open Internet and guided tech innovation within the bounds of global policy.
Through his current work, including founding the GliaNet Alliance, Richard focuses on creating a more human-centered Web ecosystem built on trustworthy intermediaries and edge-based technologies.
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What's Inside
Explore the systems that control your online experience and influence your freedom
Learn how to regain control with alternative, user-centric technologies
Discover innovators disrupting the internet’s status quo for a fairer web
Understand the tactics used to monitor and manipulate your online behavior
Find out how you can help build a more trustworthy, user-empowered internet.
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