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Robin Berjon

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Robin Berjon

Robin Berjon has worked on technology and governance for over twenty years, including as Vice President of Data Governance at The New York Times, as editor of the HTML specification at the W3C, and on decentralised systems at Protocol Labs. His work focuses on making the digital sphere compatible with democracy: open protocols, institutional design, and the governance of infrastructure.

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News

  1. Web Engines Hackfest logo

    Web Engines Hackfest

    I will be at Web Engines Hackfest, meeting with people who want to figure out where browsers should be going next.

    A Coruña, ES ⬩
  2. An abstract conference logo design.

    Re:publica: How We Can Finally Make The Digital World Democratic

    I will be speaking at Re:publica on May 28, 2025, at 1300, about how we can build independent social media infrastructure as a first step in the movement to make our digital world democratic.

    Berlin, DE ⬩
  3. People reading news floating in the air with trust marks.

    Originator Profile

    I met with the Originator Profile in Tokyo, a project bringing together a large group of media companies to develop ways of marking content as authentic.

    Tokyo, JP ⬩
  4. The covers of the 2024 and 2023 anthologies.

    'Rewilding' To Feature in 'Best American Science & Nature Writing 2025'

    Our ‘We Need To Rewild The Internet’ essay, with Maria Farrell, has been selected to be included in the ‘Best American Science & Nature Writing 2025’ anthology.

    New York, US ⬩
  5. The Graduate Institute's logo atop a blurry picture of the world

    Digital & Data Sovereignty: Definitions and Technologies for Independence and Resilience

    I joined a Global Governance Talk panel at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, convened by Emrys Schoemaker, to discuss data sovereignty and infrastructure with the wider UN community.

    Geneva, CH ⬩
  6. Panel annoucement with all participants and details listed.

    The Next Social Wave: Open, Competitive, and User-Controlled

    I joined this Future of Tech Institute panel hosted by Sherif Elsayed-Ali alongside Marietje Schaake and Emily Liu, to discuss the new wave of decentralised social media.

    online ⬩
  7. An abstract design from the the report's cover.

    Algorithmic Pluralism: Towards Competitive & Innovative Information Ecosystems

    Sherif Elsayed-Ali and I co-authored this Future of Technology Institute report on ‘algorithmic pluralism’, the idea according to which democracy requires pluralism in all editorial channels, including algorithms that determine what is relevant to people.

    online ⬩
  8. The participants in the seminar, standing on stairs outside.

    PETs and AI: Privacy Washing and the Need for a PETs Evaluation Framework

    I took part in this Dagstuhl seminar on PETs and privacy washing. The participants were excellent, I look forward to the paper that will come from this.

    Dagstuhl, DE ⬩

Videos

  1. Panel announcement with all participants and details listed.

    The Next Social Wave: Open, Competitive, and User-Controlled 2 videos

    Two excerpts from the Future of Technology Institute panel on the next wave of decentralised social media, with Sherif Elsayed-Ali, Marietje Schaake, and Emily Liu.

Reports

  1. A geometric design suggesting pluralism

    Algorithmic Pluralism: Towards Competitive & Innovative Information Ecosystems report

    Sherif Elsayed-Ali and Robin Berjon co-authored this Future of Technology Institute report on ‘algorithmic pluralism’, the idea according to which democracy requires pluralism in all editorial channels, including algorithms that determine what is relevant to people.