One thing is certain: the open web we have taken for granted is closing. Privacy violations, disinformation, copyright infringement, online abuse, and electoral interference facilitated by a handful of tech giants have made sure of that. Yet the new rules being devised to address their mistakes will impact all of us.
Join me for a behind-the-scenes look – from Brussels, London, and beyond – at the ways European, British, and American policymakers want to reshape the rules of the open web. What is on the table? How will the foundations of our work change? Which proposed changes could make the web better, and which proposed changes will do more harm than good? Whose voices are being heard in these debates? How are those of us who work in policy addressing these challenges?
And most importantly, what could these changes mean for your work in the WordPress ecosystem, what role might our community be able to play in maintaining the vision of democratising publishing, and what needs to happen before we can show up to the table?