A digital public space is Britain’s missing national institution

An alternative to the internet as shopping mall is emerging – a place where creative assets can be redistributed for non-commercial useA cynic might say that we have the internet we deserve. We were promised a democratic platform for change, for equality, for collaboration, yet are faced with a reality of weary cynicism, as author Charles Leadbeater wrote last summer, and an assumption that we cannot trust any organisation with our personal data.We were told of flourishing startups and opportu