Trust & data sovereignty on the Internet (RIA)

NGI0 Entrust , co-funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101069594, foresees as an eligible activity the provision of financial support to third parties, as a means to achieve the objectives of the Next Generation Internet initiative and to contribute to a resilient, trustworthy and sustainably open internet. These days many of us entrust rather critical parts of our lives to technology. We are always connected, and allow the internet to convey very personal messages and expose extremely sensitive data to it. Since the internet like most technology was never designed with that kind of usage in mind, this is a liability and in many cases an unwise or even unhealthy dependency — beyond the significant technical weaknesses which put us at risk, we often find ourselves in a situation where we have little autonomy and our data is just taken and used without our consent. NGI0 Entrust is designed to help us move beyond the status quo and create a virtuous cycle of innovation through free and open source software , open hardware and open standards . If we want everyone to use and benefit from the internet to its full potential without holding back, the internet must be built on digital commons : strong and transparent technologies that allow for permissionless innovation and are equally accessible to all. Reliability, confidentiality, integrity, security and data portability should be the 'new normal' of the internet, something ordinary users should not have to worry about — users should be in control. NGI0 Entrust supports independent researchers and developers working on digital commons in order to restore and maintain European sovereignty, and to secure democratic ownership of the digital society. NGI Zero Entrust aims to enable and assist independent researchers and developers to create powerful new technology that benefit end users, and to help them put it in the hands of future generations as building blocks for a fair and democratic society and an open economy that benefits all. This concerns any technological component internet users collectively depend on, and which can be improved with regards to trustworthiness, resilience, privacy preserving characteristics and data and service portability. Among others we are looking to deliver "architectures, protocols and services to ensure that end-users can exert their rights (e.g. under the GDPR) and benefit from decentralised technological solutions that ensure that they are fully in control of their personal data on the Internet. " Examples include mobile operating systems, internet and web protocols, open hardware laptops and phones, encryption tools, videoconferencing services, open source large language models/AI, virtual/enhanced/augmented reality and multimodal user interaction.