It’s Our Data. We Deserve a Share.

Join the Data Dividend Movement — and help build a future where AI works with the people, not on them.

 
(Movement-First)
Every day, your data is powering AI.

Your voice.
Your face.
Your clicks, your creations, your conversations.
All of it — scraped, bought, sold, and used to train the most powerful systems on Earth.

And not a single dollar flows back to you.

This is not science fiction.
This is how the data economy already works.

 
The Problem: A $300B+ Industry Built on Us — Without Us
Right now, AI models are trained using massive datasets of personal, public, and behavioral data — most of it collected without consent.

Data brokers sell our lives behind the scenes.
AI developers profit.
The public is left out — even though we’re the source.

This isn’t just unfair. It’s unsustainable.

 
The Movement: Data Is a Right. Not a Resource.
We believe in a future where:

• People own their digital footprint
• AI developers license data ethically
• Citizens earn income when their data is used
• Governments fund infrastructure with shared data revenue — not just taxes

This is the foundation of the Data Dividend Movement — a collective call to transform how AI and data systems treat the public.

We’re not asking for favors.
We’re demanding a system that includes the people it depends on.

 
The Vision: A Public Protocol for Shared Power
The technology already exists to:

Let individuals control, lock, or license their data
Track how that data is used in AI training
Automatically pay contributors and support public revenue
One example is Aura — a protocol developed by SELF Labs Inc.
Aura proves this vision can work:

💡 A 2% Shift That Could Change Everything
This is how the system works:

A 2% licensing fee fuels the entire network
1% goes directly to the public treasury — creating a new revenue stream to help offset national debt
1% supports the infrastructure that keeps everything secure and running
Contributors are paid fairly and transparently when their data is used to train AI models
No new taxes.
No surveillance economy.
Just a smarter, consent-based system that benefits everyone.

This model isn’t just fair — it’s fiscally transformative.

If just 100 million Americans opted in, the Data Dividend movement could return billions to the public while giving AI developers real-time access to ethical, licensed data.

Aura proves this model can work.
But the movement is bigger than any one protocol.
This is about rewriting the rules — together.

 
What We’re Asking For:

1. To the public: Sign the petition and reclaim your voice
2. To AI developers: Adopt consent-based, compensation-backed practices
3. To lawmakers: Declare personal data a protected, licensable property right
4. To the world: Help us rewrite the rules — before AI writes them without us
    
   The Future of AI Must Be Human-Centered
   AI isn’t magic. It’s trained on people.
   And when people power a system, they deserve to share in the value they create.

Let’s create the first public dividend economy for the AI era.

We’re not just users of AI.
We’re partners.
We’re the signal.

Sign. Share. Spark the shift.

—
Milan Cheeks
Citizen | Creator of Aura | Founder, SELF Labs Inc.
On behalf of The Data Dividend Movement