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30 years on, what’s next #ForTheWeb?

On the World Wide Web’s 30th birthday, our founder and web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee reflects on how the web has changed our world and…

Mar 11, 2019

Mar 11, 2019

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Help build a timeline of the web’s history

On March 12, the World Wide Web will turn 30 years old. To celebrate this birthday, we’re crowdsourcing a Twitter timeline of the most…

Mar 3, 2019

Help build a timeline of the web’s history

Mar 3, 2019

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Half the world is online. Now we must make the web work for everyone, everywhere.

This post was originally published at webfoundation.org.

Jan 2, 2019

Half the world is online. Now we must make the web work for everyone, everywhere.

Jan 2, 2019

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Welcome to The Web This Week, a weekly rundown of stories our team has been reading.

Tim Cook called for data protection — Apple’s CEO Tim Cook spoke out against the “data industrial complex” of the digital economy. He…

Oct 29, 2018

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Just released: A4AI 2018 Affordability Report

The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has today released the newest edition of its annual Affordability Report. The 2018 report marks…

Oct 23, 2018

Just released: A4AI 2018 Affordability Report

Oct 23, 2018

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Programming the patriarchy, shortchanging Wikipedia & the dangers of digital ID | The Web This Week

Welcome to The Web This Week, a weekly rundown of stories our team has been reading. Want to share it with a friend? They can sign up here.

Oct 15, 2018

Programming the patriarchy, shortchanging Wikipedia & the dangers of digital ID | The Web This Week

Oct 15, 2018

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France’s ‘fake news’ playbook, Uber’s settlement & why we give away our personal data | The Web…

Job creators — A report from the World Economic Forum predicts that while 75 million jobs will be lost in the next four years, they’ll be…

Oct 1, 2018

France’s ‘fake news’ playbook, Uber’s settlement & why we give away our personal data | The Web…

Oct 1, 2018

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How some African governments are keeping millions of citizens offline

This blog post was written by Eleanor Sarpong, A4AI’s Deputy Director and Policy Lead.

Sep 25, 2018

How some African governments are keeping millions of citizens offline

Sep 25, 2018

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Data dictators, health surveillance policies & disinformation warfare | The Web This Week

Welcome to The Web This Week, a weekly rundown of stories our team has been reading. Want to share it with a friend? They can sign up here.

Sep 24, 2018

Data dictators, health surveillance policies & disinformation warfare | The Web This Week

Sep 24, 2018

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A decade into open data, leading governments struggle to make it a reality

The Open Data Barometer — Leaders Edition, published today, finds that 10 years into the movement to make government data open, leading…

Sep 20, 2018

A decade into open data, leading governments struggle to make it a reality

Sep 20, 2018