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Tim Berners-Lee, father of the World Wide Web, intends to “take back power” from Amazon, Facebook, Google, and other giants profiting from the centralization of the internet with Solid, a decentralized web platform he is building with the help of MIT. Described as “Netscape for today’s internet,” Solid will give its users full control of their data by putting them in “pods” (an acronym for personal online data store).
On Solid, all the information is under his control. Every bit of data he creates or adds on Solid exists within a Solid pod–which is an acronym for personal online data store. These pods are what give Solid users control over their applications and information on the web. Anyone using the platform will get a Solid identity and Solid pod. This is how people, Berners-Lee says, will take back the power of the web from corporations.
On Solid, all the information is under his control. Every bit of data he creates or adds on Solid exists within a Solid pod–which is an acronym for personal online data store. These pods are what give Solid users control over their applications and information on the web. Anyone using the platform will get a Solid identity and Solid pod. This is how people, Berners-Lee says, will take back the power of the web from corporations.