A new Internet, owned by citizens.
Private, local-first digital spaces powered by the people who use them.
Digital spaces powered by the people who use them.
Citinet is a people-powered digital ecosystem where communities host their own spaces, communicate privately, and stay connected without big platforms or surveillance.
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Local-first by design
Your community’s digital space lives close to home — not in a corporate cloud.
Private by default
No tracking, no profiling, no data harvesting.
Community-powered
Digital spaces run on small, citizen-operated nodes.
Privacy. Independence. Community.
Instead of relying on corporations or centralized clouds, Citinet lets everyday people operate small, simple nodes that contribute to a larger, citizen-owned network.
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Independence
Citizens own their digital world.
Privacy
What you do stays yours.
Transparency
No hidden algorithms or extraction.
Why we need this
The problems are documented: surveillance, environmental damage, algorithmic manipulation, and the erosion of digital freedom.
Hidden Costs: Data Centers Drain Rural Communities
How mega data centers impact small towns through water depletion, energy costs, and environmental degradation.
The Panopticon Grows: How Tech Giants Share Data with Governments
Evidence of systematic data sharing between major tech platforms and government agencies, and what it means for digital privacy.
Communities building the citizen-owned Internet
Real people creating local-first digital infrastructure in their neighborhoods and towns.
Community Mesh Network in Rural Vermont
How a small town built their own Internet infrastructure, keeping connectivity local and community-owned.
Read Case Study →Privacy-First Student Housing Network
A university housing cooperative replaces surveillance-heavy campus Wi-Fi with a student-owned alternative.
Read Case Study →A network of networks. FAQs
Citinet is not a replacement for the Internet. It’s a new layer on top of it — built by citizens, for citizens.
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