Mallory Knodel
Executive director of the Social Web Foundation and founder of the Internet Exchange newsletter, focusing on internet governance, interoperability, and civic-minded technology alternatives.
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Oct 12, 2025 • 50min
The Open Internet is Dead. What Comes Next?
Mallory Knodel, Executive Director of the Social Web Foundation, and Burcu Kilic, Senior Fellow at CIGI, dive into the decline of the open internet. They trace the erosion back to the 1990s, blaming it on laissez-faire policies that favored Big Tech's consolidation. The conversation highlights the misleading use of 'open' by corporations, the failures of regulations like GDPR, and warns about AI reinforcing centralization. They advocate for stronger antitrust actions and the creation of public digital alternatives to revitalize true openness in technology.
Nov 13, 2025 • 51min
Building Human Rights Into the Social Web (with Mallory Knodel)
Mallory Knodel, executive director of the Social Web Foundation, is a digital human rights advocate and former CTO at the Center for Democracy & Technology. In this discussion, she delves into the power dynamics of Web 2.0 and the promise of decentralized protocols like ActivityPub. Mallory argues for contextual moderation and the importance of designing platforms for marginalized communities. She highlights the impact of Edward Snowden on internet standards and explores sustainable business models for open-source projects, envisioning a cooperative social web.
