The emergence of data-driven mass surveillance "is threatening to turn privacy into a relic of the 20th century," says the anonymous YouTube creator known as Ordinary Things. Meanwhile, state-funded troll farms are spreading disinformation and curating chaos on platforms meant to connect us and revolutionize the way we live. Ordinary Things gives an enlightening account of the internet's strengths and weaknesses, warning that the fight for a free internet is a fight for our collective future.

Ordinary Things: Who owns the internet of the future?

Who owns the internet of the future?

Access to the internet is a necessity, not a luxury, pivotal for economic and individual development, especially in the Global South.

The internet's foundational promise of decentralization is challenged by mass surveillance and the monopolization by few mega-platforms.

Decentralized mass organization via the internet revolutionizes protests, yet regimes enhance control, stifling dissent.