Public Service Social Media cover
BBC
2022

Public Service Social Media

Research-driven prototype exploring open web standards for ethical, decentralised social media; conducted literature review, technical data architecture analysis, and developer community engagement; built experimental MVP in React/Next.js/Solid.

Ethical WebDigital WellbeingOpen StandardsReactNext.jsSolidWeb3BlockchainDecentralised Web

Overview

Public Service Social Media is a research-driven prototype exploring open web standards for ethical, decentralised social media. It was built as a proof-of-concept for the BBC's Public Service Internet research on Solid — an open web specification for interoperable Personal Data Stores.

The prototype was built in React/Next.js/Solid and integrated into a decentralised social media platform built on the Solid protocol.