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Web3 Foundation

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Web3 Foundation

@Web3foundation

Web3 Foundation is building an internet where users are in control of their own data, identity and destiny. Primary projects include @Polkadot & @kusamanetwork.

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Apr 9
Web3 Summit 2026. June 18-19
Web3 Summit
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Apr 9
Web3 Summit 2026 | A festival for digital freedom talkers | listeners | realists | optimists | artists developers | musicians | designers | you All working on systems and ideas shaped by digital agency, privacy, and participation, not control. Join us. 18/19 June,
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Web3 Summit
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Jun 4
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A Walk Through Web3 Summit 2026 Before It Happens
You make your way through the entrance and into the old broadcasting halls of the legendary Funkhaus. In one room, Yanis Varoufakis is challenging the idea that democracy can survive in a world run by...
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Web3 Summit
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Jun 4
If you’ve been meaning to get your ticket, this is the moment. In 14 days, Web3 Summit takes over the legendary Funkhaus Berlin for two days of ideas, prototypes, art, music, cinema, BBQs, riverside conversations, and people asking what comes after the internet we have today.
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Web3 Foundation
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May 26
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UK internet users unknowingly give tech and AI firms £194,000
From independent.co.uk
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May 26
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The question isn’t whether value is being created. The question is: Who controls it? Who benefits? Who participates? Read the report ↓ web3.foundation/hidden-price-o…
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May 26
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AI changes the equation, as data is no longer used only to target ads. It trains models Builds profiles Improves systems Creates prediction engines Human data increasingly powers machine intelligence.
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May 26
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The report estimates: 🇺🇸 Up to $511k lifetime value per US internet user 🇬🇧🇪🇺 Up to $132k across UK & Europe 🌍 Up to $54k globally Inflation-linked estimates go significantly higher.
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May 26
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Not through subscriptions. Not directly through ads. Through something much bigger: Your searches. Your clicks. Your location. Your purchases. Your prompts. Your behavior. The internet isn’t free. Someone is paying.
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Web3 Foundation
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May 26
You’ve heard it for years: “If you’re not paying, you’re the product.” But what if the true cost of the internet was far higher than anyone realized? New research from Web3 Foundation suggests Big Tech and AI companies may extract up to $162,492 in lifetime value from each
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The Independent
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May 25
UK internet users unknowingly give tech and artificial intelligence firms £194,000 trib.al/qbecwIx
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Bill Laboon | Web3 Foundation
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May 25
Today I was interviewed on Australia's Radio National Hour about how much Big Tech is making off your user data. Spoiler alert: quite a bit!
How much money is Big Tech really making from your data? - ABC listen
From abc.net.au
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Web3 Foundation
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May 20
Big news today as @Web3summit drops their headliner. @yanisvaroufakis. Couldn't think of a more fitting speaker for the moment.
Web3 Summit
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May 20
Article
The Voices Fighting for Digital Freedom
As Europe’s debate over privacy, surveillance, and digital sovereignty intensifies, Web3 Summit 2026 brings Yanis Varoufakis, Amir Taaki, Gavin Wood, and other rebel voices to Berlin to confront one...
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Web3 Summit
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Apr 21
Bored of the usual tech conference? Experience something different at Web3 Summit 2026. Info & tickets at: web3summit.com
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