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Started in 2025, the Decent Project promotes privacy, autonomy, and civil liberties by advocating for a decentralized web, privacy rights, and an open internet. Read our Mission Statement here.
The project is currently focused on outreach and education, primarily through this blog.
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Mission Statement
The Decent Project promotes individual privacy and civil liberties by advocating for robust, privacy-preserving laws and challenging government and commercial intrusions. We strive to empower individual self-determination and autonomy through:
Advocacy: Promoting decentralization of web services, Web3 adoption, blockchain technology development, and cryptocurrency integration.
Free expression and open internet: Safeguarding freedom of expression and advocating for an open, accessible internet.
Policy reform: Pushing for sensible legislation that prioritizes data privacy, AI, and opposing monopolistic practices.
By addressing these interconnected areas, The Decent Project works to create a digital environment that respects and protects individual rights and freedoms.
The Decent Project advocates for:
- Decentralization of web services
- Web3
- Development of blockchain technology
- Cryptocurrency adoption
- Freedom of expression
- Open Internet
- Sensible legislation around data privacy and AI
- Anti-monopoly
- Free and open source software
(Planned) Areas of engagement:
- Litigation:
- Challenging unconstitutional legislation or policies that threaten individual liberties and privacy rights.
- Challenging monopolistic companies that are predicated upon and propped up by the collection, sharing of personal data.
- Advocacy:
- Working with lawmakers to introduce sensible privacy laws in the digital age.
- Working with companies and organization to improve data collection policies in a way that benefits commerce and individuals.
- Working with companies to improve transparency of their privacy policies.
- Working with companies to empower their customers to make choices about how their data is collected and used.
- Supporting and advocating for free and open source software.
- Supporting and advocating for development of the blockchain and Web3.
- Working to increase the convenience of pro-privacy tools and software.
- Organization
- Organizing individuals to push for legal, policy, and commercial privacy reforms.
- Working to educate people about the impacts of modern data collection policies and why privacy matters.
- Working to empower individuals to make their
- Working to educate individuals about steps they can take in order to improve their privacy.
- Fighting against the surrendering and defeatist mindset that many people have about privacy and its role in the Internet-era.