Scenarios about 'digital privacy'
The protection of personal information in the digital realm, encompassing rights to anonymity, confidentiality, and control over one's data. Digital privacy emerged as a significant concern with the proliferation of internet technologies, data collection practices, and surveillance capabilities in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. In alternate histories, variations in digital privacy frameworks can dramatically alter social structures, government powers, and the development of technology companies.
What If Facebook Failed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Facebook collapsed in its early years, dramatically reshaping social media, tech innovation, privacy norms, and digital communication across the 21st century.
What If Facebook Was Never Created?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Mark Zuckerberg never launched Facebook in 2004, dramatically altering the development of social media, digital privacy norms, and information sharing in the 21st century.
What If the Internet Had Remained Decentralized?
Exploring how digital culture, privacy, and global communication would differ if the internet had maintained its early decentralized structure instead of becoming dominated by a few tech giants.