This piece is written by Adrian Lovett, President & CEO of Web Foundation. This was originally published on the Web Foundation website. I’m writing this on day 100 in my role at the Web Foundation. No day has been like another — including today, as I write from the remote village of Girisuko in Indonesia […]
The story of how the web began and why we must fight for its future
This post is originally published by the Web Foundation. “If we’re going to spend all this time on the internet — we should spend a proportion of that time defending it.” When Sir Tim Berners-Lee published his proposal for the World Wide Web, he envisioned an open, universal space, where anyone could bring their ideas to life without having […]
“ForEveryone”: A Movie Screening & Discussion on the History and Future of the World Wide Web
On December 13, we are hosting a film screening and discussion on the past, present and future of the World Wide Web. The event, free and open to the public, will take place at Ruang Serbaguna of the Ministry of Communications & Informatics in Jakarta and is hosted in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications […]
Keeping elections free and fair in the age of digital campaigning
This post was written by our Policy Director Craig Fagan and Senior Advisor on Digital Rights Renata Avila. Photo by Jerry Kiesewetter. Free and fair elections lie at the heart of democratic politics. Since representative democracy became the world’s dominant system of government, electoral authorities, parties and citizens have fought – and often struggled – to keep elections fair. […]
The future of open data and the openness agenda
This post was written by Carlos Iglesias, Web Foundation Senior Research Manager and lead researcher on the Open Data Barometer. This month I’ll be at the Open Government Partnership Latin American regional summitjoining discussions about the future of the open government data agenda. One decade into active work on open data, the field continues to evolve at a […]
Fighting corruption one dataset at a time
This piece is written by Open Data Lab Jakarta’s Lab Manager, Antya Widita. Follow him on Twitter at @AntyaWidita for more. Corruption is brutal – its impact harms society economically, politically, and even environmentally. The current President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, calls corruption an “extraordinary crime that requires extraordinary measures”. Eye-opening events on tackling corruption […]
Before the year ends, here’s where you can catch us!
2017 is fast coming to an end—but before it does, we still have a couple of events and workshops to organise, speak at or simply attend. Come say hi to us if you find yourself in any of the following happenings! This November is full of events we’re looking forward to: Open Data Conference, Shanghai, […]
“Together we can build the web we want”
This post was originally published on the Web Foundation website. Last month, Adrian Lovett joined us as our new President & CEO. Here he writes about why, despite very real challenges, he is optimistic about the future of the web. In South Africa last week, I was talking with one of our Web Foundation partners about a […]
Ada Lovelace Day: a reminder of the importance of digital inclusion
This post was originally published by the Web Foundation. Photo © Charly Kodjo, TechMousso Project Participant. Côte d’Ivoire, 2016. Ada Lovelace Day, named after the world’s first computer programmer, celebrates the achievements of women in STEM. Despite the formidable legacy that women like Ada have left on ICTs, two full centuries later, women still face significant social, political […]
The “Snakes and Ladders” of open contracting
This post was written by Ana Brandusescu, Research and Policy Officer at the Web Foundation. Public contracting isn’t a topic people really talk about. It rarely makes headlines — but it’s important and it is exciting once you break it down. It’s on the roads we drive, in the schools we take our kids to, in […]
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