Building a decentralized web to protect human rights WHILE reducing energy consumption

Humanity

The objective of building a decentralized web is to protect human rights and empower people, especially those who experience systemic inequity and prejudice.

We stand for people having agency over their own data and relationships, rights to free expression, privacy, and knowledge, as these are essential to human empowerment and dignity.

We condemn the use of distributed tools for activities antithetical to human rights, such as human trafficking; sexual, mental, or physical abuse; and arms trading.

We encourage building with harm-reduction in mind, and support the adoption of mechanisms that mitigate the potential for abuse, and consideration of those not connected, not users, and the disadvantaged.

We encourage the development of tools and applications in many languages and forms, with a high degree of accessibility.

Ecological Awareness

We believe projects should aim to minimize ecological harm and avoid technologies that worsen environmental health.

We value systems that work towards reducing energy consumption and device resource requirements, while increasing device lifespan by allowing repair, recycling, and recovery.