The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is reportedly set to develop standards to enable direct peer-to-peer communications between browsers, without the need to go through centralised servers.
The W3C has launched a new Web Real-Time Communications Working Group to define client-side APIs to enable real-time communications in web browsers. These APIs should enable building applications that can be run inside a browser, requiring no extra downloads or plugins, that allow communication between parties using audio, video and supplementary real-time communication, without having to use intervening servers.
According to members of the W3C working group, the standards could make it more difficult for repressive government action against web communications.
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