Digital Sovereignty Is the New Influencer Status, with Citation Needed's Molly White

About this episode

Molly White discusses how creators can reclaim ownership and control in the digital age.

Thanks to the open web, it’s more viable than ever for creators to take back ownership and control of their work, their audience, and their livelihood. No one knows this better than Molly White, a researcher, writer and software engineer. This episode was recorded live at SXSW 2025.

People in this episode

Host: Mike McCue

Guest: Molly White

Topics covered

• digital sovereignty
• influencer status
• creator ownership
• open web
• SXSW

Keywords

• digital sovereignty
• influencer
• ownership
• creators
• SXSW
• Molly White
• open web

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Citation Needed

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