Sam Liebeskind

The pattern is the same for X and for Threads and for everywhere, because the incentive is the same everywhere. A platform that has accumulated an audience has a choice: let brands reach that audience for free, or charge them for the privilege. No publicly traded company will choose the first option indefinitely, because the second option is where... See more

We have begun working with experts to integrate a technology known as Verifiable Credentials as a shared infrastructure layer, using the same technology that has been adopted by the European Union through their eID framework. This can unleash innovation potential by enabling new solutions to verify important attributes and improve trust, including... See more

Reclaiming national power to define and incentivise the creation of social technologies should not come at the cost of efforts to also improve the global technology landscape. One way to advance both aims is by enabling interoperability with existing and emerging initiatives to build and scale regional and global solutions that serve the public... See more

In this blog, I argue that a solution to this issue is not only possible, but critically important to achieve. I propose that countries should reclaim the power to set the rules and mechanisms for digital spaces where civic discourse occurs, and apply an infrastructure mindset. They should advance social technologies to strengthen people’s... See more

Decentralized networks are harder to infiltrate and harder to destroy. This movement is not leaderless, but leaderful, and there are no few specific people who could be arrested to stop the movement. Because it is built out of so many interlocking networks, even if a bad actor managed to disrupt an individual piece of the network (by, for example,... See more