Decentralisation as Resistance: Web3’s Potential in Countering Digital Censorship and Redefining Cyber Sovereignty

dc.authorscopusid 57197742411
dc.contributor.author Eldem, T.
dc.date.accessioned 2025-03-10T21:19:12Z
dc.date.available 2025-03-10T21:19:12Z
dc.date.issued 2024
dc.department Fenerbahçe University en_US
dc.department-temp Eldem T., Fenerbahce University, United States en_US
dc.description.abstract The Internet, initially celebrated as a bastion of freedom and openness, is increasingly becoming a domain of control, surveillance, and regulation by both states and private entities. The rise of state control and regulation of the Internet, along with the private sector’s expanding control over information, poses significant challenges to the ideals of freedom and openness that once defined the Internet. This article examines the transformation in Internet governance from a state of minimal regulation to a heavily controlled environment by both governments and corporations and explores how the blockchain technology and decentralised architecture underlying Web3 promise to redefine Internet governance and resist censorship. Through a mixed-method approach that synthesises insights from computer science, political science, and legal studies, the paper argues that public blockchains challenge Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN) traditional control over DNS and significantly reduce the ability of centralised entities to exert control over content and communication, thereby enhancing freedom of expression and resisting censorship. The ability of Web3 to fully realise this potential is, however, dependent on overcoming complex technical and regulatory challenges. © 2024, Eotvos Lorand Tudomanyegyetem. All rights reserved. en_US
dc.identifier.doi 10.54148/ELTELJ.2024.2.161
dc.identifier.endpage 172 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2064-4965
dc.identifier.issue 2 en_US
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85218171067
dc.identifier.scopusquality Q4
dc.identifier.startpage 161 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.54148/ELTELJ.2024.2.161
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14627/865
dc.identifier.volume 2024 en_US
dc.identifier.wosquality N/A
dc.institutionauthor Eldem, T.
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Eotvos Lorand Tudomanyegyetem en_US
dc.relation.ispartof ELTE Law Journal en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess en_US
dc.scopus.citedbyCount 0
dc.subject Blockchain en_US
dc.subject Cyber Sovereignty en_US
dc.subject Decentralisation en_US
dc.subject Digital Censorship en_US
dc.subject Information Controls en_US
dc.subject Internet Governance en_US
dc.subject Web3 en_US
dc.title Decentralisation as Resistance: Web3’s Potential in Countering Digital Censorship and Redefining Cyber Sovereignty en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dspace.entity.type Publication

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