There are hundreds of such projects. They make up the civil society of the digital world, and are the online equivalents of Greenpeace, Global Justice Now and Amnesty International. In order to make the internet better, fairer and freer, you do not have to study computer science, found a start-up or be a hacker. Stefan Mey introduces the protagonists, goals, strategies and business models of the alternative online world in meticulously researched and entertainingly written portraits. He does not gloss over existing conflicts. Is this the start of a little revolution?

• ‘Shining a light on the darkness of the digital world.’ - Austria Presse Agentur on ‘Darknet’

• Firefox, Mastodon and Signal – are they making the internet better, fairer and freer?

• The dream of a free, democratic internet

• It is up to us how strong we make the alternative online world

• Investigative research