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The web was once diverse, but now it is not. I would eliminate third party requests for page assets. If you need images, css, js, or such it would come from th
by austincheney 5y ago
The web was once diverse, but now it is not.
I would eliminate third party requests for page assets. If you need images, css, js, or such it would come from the same origin as the page that requests it.
1. This would eliminate third party tracking
2. This would eliminate abuse of advertising
3. This would eliminate CDNs and thus force page owners to become directly liable for the bandwidth they waste
4. It would make walled gardens more expensive
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I would also ensure that section 230 is more precisely defined such that content portals are differentiated from the technology mechanisms on which such traverse. The idea here is that Section 230 continues to protect network operators, web servers, and storage providers from lawsuits about content but not the website operators that publish such.
1. Sites like Facebook and Twitter would become liable for their users submissions regardless of moderation or not
2. Terms of service agreements would largely become irrelevant and meaningless
3. This would radically increase operational risks for content portals and thus reinforce content self-hosting and thus a more diverse internet
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I would ensure that identity certificates were free and common from the start.
1. The web would start with TLS everywhere.
2. This would make available models other than client/server for the secure and private distribution of content
3. This would, in joint consideration of the adoption of IPv6, also eliminate reliance upon cloud providers and web servers to distribute personal or social content