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Decentralized social networks sound great. Too bad they’ll never work.

Sept. 8, 2017

Ethan Zuckerman

Former Associate Professor of the Practice in Media Arts and Sciences; Former Director, Center for Civic Media
Neha Narula

Director, Digital Currency Initiative; Research Scientist
Chelsea Barabas

Former Research Assistant

In WIRED, Media Lab researchers Chelsea Barabas, Neha Narula, and Ethan Zuckerman ask what it would take to re-decentralize the web.

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