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New America Announces Its New Mission and Vision, Reveals New Logo and Website
AI Risks Creating a ‘Demand Machine’ for Governments, Report Warns
The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression
Can the U.S. Annex the Moon?
Yuliya Panfil and Chris Mellon wrote for Slate about what countries and companies can do in space under the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.
Technology Can Transform Property Rights. But It’s Not.
It’s time to think of property rights as a three-legged stool—supported by technology, processes, and people.
A Tapestry of Credentials: How Self-Sovereign Identity Can Unlock Property Rights for Billions
Chris Mellon and Yuliya Panfil argue on Good ID that self-sovereign identity can help turn people’s data into evidence of property rights.
The Credential Highway
How self-sovereign identity can unlock property rights for the bottom billion.
Could Online Takeout Help Prove Home Ownership?
Yuliya Panfil was quoted in a Reuters article on how our growing data trails could provide alternative evidence of our property rights.
The Three Legged Stool: A Paradigm for Property Rights Innovation
Introducing a blog series on the three legged stool of property rights innovation: technology, people, processes.
Puerto Rico’s Reconstruction Will Be Costly. Documenting Residents’ Property Doesn’t Have To Be.
Yuliya Panfil and Chris Mellon wrote for the Miami Herald about a quick, less expensive way for Puerto Ricans to prove home ownership.
It’s 2019. How Can You Prove That This Land Is Your Land?
Two billion people around the world believe that they’ll lose their home or land. How can that be—and what to do about it?