Internet and... Outernet

Thursday, July 10, 2025

I’ve read article by Tomasz Dunia on his blog. This is article from 2023 but still actual. Tomasz writes about Internet and… Outernet. What is Outernet?

(…) the name Internet as an internal network dominated by corporations. Outernet, on the other hand, is like the outskirts of that internal network, a no man’s land. Outernet is a place where no algorithms track us, where we can create our own space and connect with people who, like us, care about their privacy. Let’s start with social media. Below, I’ll try to indicate and discuss a few interesting places worth visiting, evaluating, and considering abandoning mainstream social media on their behalf.

He wrote the name ‘Outernet’ was created in his mind. But I think it’s great name for movement which we can observe on the Internet. More and more people are angry for big tech companies and migrate from their social media platforms to new spaces on the Internet where algorithms don’t rule, and the Internet looks like it did before the great commercialization and creation of the surveillance economy.

‘Outernet’ explains in a great way where is the modern Internet rupture.

I recommend the whole series named ‘Outernet’ on his blog.

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