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"Locking the Web Open" refers to a pioneering call to action launched by Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, to build a decentralized, censorship-resistant, and private internet. Kahle envisions a distributed web with many winners rather than a few corporate monopolists. 
Kahle outlined this concept in his foundational 2015 manifesto and subsequent events, advocating for an internet based on four key pillars: 
  • Permanent (Having a Memory): Moving away from the "perpetual present" where web pages frequently disappear, making versioning and archiving a native part of the web.
  • Private: Distributing data across millions of computers globally so central servers cannot track or harvest user reading habits.
  • Censorship-Resistant: Protecting free speech by preventing corporations or governments from removing content from a central authority.
  • Fun: Ensuring the architecture remains malleable enough to encourage continuous invention by everyday users. 
Rather than relying on central platforms like Google or Facebook, Kahle proposed using distributed technologies like IPFS, WebTorrent, and blockchain to bake user privacy, resilient infrastructure, and open access rights directly into the underlying code of the web. 
To dive deeper into the technical and social philosophies behind this movement, you can read Kahle's original essay on Brewster Kahle's Blog or explore the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Report on the 2016 Decentralized Web Summit. 
  • Locking the Web Open, a Call for a Decentralized Web
    11 Feb 2015 — And it also needs to be Private—so no one knows what you are reading. The bits will be distributed—across the Net—so no one can tr...
    Internet Archive Blogs
  • Locking the Web Open: A Call for a Decentralized Web
    11 Aug 2015 — Plus it needs to be fun—malleable enough to spur the imaginations of millions of inventors. This new Web could be an inviting syst...
    brewster.kahle.org
  • Brewster Kahle | Locking the Web Open
    15 Dec 2019 — because they're the only ones that have the infrastructure that's not very decentralized at all and those people would then contro...
    7m
    YouTube·Foresight Institute
  • Introduction: Brewster Kahle – Locking the Web Open – a Call ...
    23 Jun 2016 — Introduction: Brewster Kahle – Locking the Web Open – a Call for a New, Decentralized Web. Publication date 2016-06-08 Topics dece...
    21:07
    Internet Archive
  • Locking the Web Open: A Call for a New, Distributed Web
    23 Aug 2016 — About the Internet Archive The Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library founded by Brewster Kahle in 1996 with the mission...
    UC Berkeley School of Information
  • Dispatches from Morning One of the Decentralized Web Summit
    8 Jun 2016 — Of course, the morning wouldn't have been complete without a talk by Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive. Brewster tal...
    Electronic Frontier Foundation
  • Locking the Web Open: Rethinking the World Wide Web - TNW
    10 Apr 2015 — I've seen each of these pieces work independently, but never pulled together into a new Web. That is what I am challenging us to d...
    The Next Web
  • Locking the Web Open with Decentralizing Tech and Platform Co-ops
    21 Jun 2016 — Since the first browser was created by Sir Tim Berners-Lee over 25 years ago, the World Wide Web has grown to become a massive eco...
    Shareable
  • A Movement to Decentralize the Web Led by Brewster Kahle
    7 Dec 2018 — Brewster Kahle, director and co-founder of the Internet Archive and EPIC Advisor, wants to decentralize the web and sparked a move...
    EPIC – Electronic Privacy Information Center
  • Stanford Seminar - Locking the Web Open - A Call for a New ...
    12 Nov 2015 — "Locking the Web Open--a Call for a New, Distributed Web" - Brewster Kahle of The Internet Archive About the talk: Twenty years af...
    59:15
    YouTube·Stanford Online
  • Locking the Web Open
    Evan Schwartz is co-inventor of Interledger, the protocol suite for connecting blockchains, payment networks and other digital ass...
    Decentralized Web Summit
  • Locking the Web Open, a Call for a Decentralized Web
    11 Feb 2015 — And it also needs to be Private—so no one knows what you are reading. The bits will be distributed—across the Net—so no one can tr...
    Internet Archive Blogs
  • Locking the Web Open: A Call for a Decentralized Web
    11 Aug 2015 — Plus it needs to be fun—malleable enough to spur the imaginations of millions of inventors. This new Web could be an inviting syst...
    brewster.kahle.org
  • Brewster Kahle | Locking the Web Open
    15 Dec 2019 — because they're the only ones that have the infrastructure that's not very decentralized at all and those people would then contro...
    YouTube·Foresight Institute
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Locking the Web Open: A Call for a Decentralized Web


kahle.org
https://brewster.kahle.org › 2015/08/11 › locking-the-w...
kahle.org
https://brewster.kahle.org › 2015/08/11 › locking-the-w...
11 Aug 2015 — I believe we can now build a Web reliable, private and fun all at the same time. To get these features, we need to build a “Distributed Web.”Read more

Brewster Kahle – Locking the Web Open – a Call for a New ...


Internet Archive
https://archive.org › details › DWebSummit2016_Introd...
Internet Archive
https://archive.org › details › DWebSummit2016_Introd...
23 Jun 2016 — Brewster Kahle is the founder and Digital Librarian of the Internet Archive, as well as a member of the Internet Hall of Fame.

Locking the Web Open, a Call for a Decentralized Web


Internet Archive Blogs
https://blog.archive.org › 2015/02/11 › locking-the-we...
Internet Archive Blogs
https://blog.archive.org › 2015/02/11 › locking-the-we...
11 Feb 2015 — Hi, I'm Brewster Kahle, Founder of the Internet Archive. For 25 years we've been building this fabulous thing—the Web. I want to talk to you ...Read more

Stanford Seminar - Locking the Web Open - A Call for a New ...


YouTube · Stanford Online
650+ views · 10 years ago
YouTube · Stanford Online
650+ views · 10 years ago
59:15
"Locking the Web Open--a Call for a New, Distributed Web" - Brewster Kahle of The Internet Archive About the talk: Twenty years after the ...
6 key moments in this video

Locking the Web Open: Brewster Kahle


YouTube · Ford Foundation
180+ views · 9 years ago
YouTube · Ford Foundation
180+ views · 9 years ago
8:13
Getting ambitious about the next generation of innovation for social change and progress, Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive offers his ...

Brewster Kahle – "Locking the Web Open – a Call for a ...


Internet Archive
https://archive.org › details › decentralizedwebsummit20...
Internet Archive
https://archive.org › details › decentralizedwebsummit20...
8 Jun 2016 — Introduction by Brewster Kahle – "Locking the Web Open – a Call for a New, Decentralized Web" at the first Decentralized Web Summit at the Internet Archive in ...Read more

Locking the Web Open: Rethinking the World Wide Web


The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com › Insider
The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com › Insider
10 Apr 2015 — He is the founder and Digital Librarian of the Internet Archive, one of the largest libraries in the world. In 1989, Kahle created the ...Read more

Decentralized Web Summit: Locking the Web Open


Decentralized Web Summit
https://2016.decentralizedweb.net
Decentralized Web Summit
https://2016.decentralizedweb.net
The Decentralized Web Summit took place at the Internet Archive from June 7th - June 9th, 2016. You can read more about the event on the press page.Read more

Brewster Kahle | Locking the Web Open | VISION WEEKEND ...


YouTube · Foresight Institute
220+ views · 6 years ago
YouTube · Foresight Institute
220+ views · 6 years ago
18:27
Vision Weekend is the annual member gathering of Foresight Institute, a non-profit for advancing beneficial technologies for the long-term ...
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Video Now Online: "Locking the Web Open" - News/Research ...


Berkeley Center for New Media · Berkeley School of Information
https://bcnm.berkeley.edu · 4 Apr 2016
Berkeley Center for New Media · Berkeley School of Information
https://bcnm.berkeley.edu · 4 Apr 2016
58:50
The video recording of Brewster Kahle's talk "Locking the Web Open" is now online, courtesy of the Berkeley I-School!
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