The internet is broken. Its dominant platforms are undermining privacy, fueling a youth mental health crisis, spreading disinformation, and driving toxic polarization. The root cause, argue Frank McCourt and Michael Casey, lie in our current digital infrastructure, which has enabled Big Tech to co-opt and corrupt the internet’s awesome potential. Together, the civic entrepreneur and celebrated author are putting forward a plan for an internet supported by a new, more equitable architecture, imbuing users with rights, agency, and ownership – and freeing us from Big Tech’s autocratic grip.