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Cyberspace has no governing law, but cybercrime is costing trillions of dollars each year. Using the same tools that cybercriminals use, and more, we can reclaim cyberspace and do good and create markets of digital inclusion for peripheralized youth which will help eradicate poverty. Our current projects are in Zambia and Jordan (working with homeless youth are living in poverty) as a proof of concept. Most of our projects involve music and developing world artists, which together have become know as PeaceTones. By incorporating new ways to access law and justice (on a layer of justice of global laws accessible online), access to global opportunitiesRead More →

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Part 1. A history. Can laws protect us? The internet as we know it is dead. You can no longer trust the internet to be a trustworthy communications platform. Worse, it has become an almost impenetrable safe haven for very smart terrorists, criminals, rogue actors who have built global enterprises which threaten the very fabric of our society, and new threats are created daily behind nearly impenetrable walls. A global shutdown of the internet is both possible and has to be prevented. The global public communications infrastructure enveloping the planet has a terminal disease. How did we get here? Take a look at what couldRead More →

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This short five minute read should make clear to any lawyer that the new era of smart contracts is here. With a very short introduction of current definitions of blockchain, followed by a 15 year old’s interpretation and example, it’s easy to see how quickly the world of law is about to change. The conclusion points to NFTs as the leading edge for bringing smart contracts into the mainstream.Read More →

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The Bertelsmann Foundation is running a series of programs on How to Fix Democracy. As Democracy depends upon people who care, believe and respect the rule of law which is the source of democracy, engaged citizens are a must. In this show, Digital Democracy and Citizen Engagement | Wietse Van Ransbeeck who is the Co-Founder and CEO of the CitizenLab, a Brussels-based company that works with governments to enable public participation in decision-making is interviewed by BF host Andrew Keen. For so many who worry that without democracy, human rights will suffer, technology is a double edged sword. Technology’s negative impact on democracy has beenRead More →