This post originally appears on the Web Foundation website. One of the most hopeful features of technology is that it’s always evolving. If we don’t like the way a technology is working, we can change it. This, of course, is a complex and constant challenge, but one that all of us — civil society, policymakers […]
Gender must be central to the data protection conversation, not a side note
This post was written by Ana Brandusescu, Web Foundation Research & Policy Officer and originally appears on the Web Foundation news. Follow her on Twitter at @anabmap. Photo © Daniel Friedman, CC BY-NC 2.0. Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference in Brussels. Discussions at the conference covered a wide range of important digital […]
How open data can save AI
This post originally appears on the Web Foundation website and was written by Web Foundation Policy Fellow Juan Ortiz Freuler & Policy Director Craig Fagan. Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping our world — changing our economies (think Uber and driverless cars), our politics (think Cambridge Analytica and targeted political adverts), and our societies (think predictive policing). While AI […]
Three ways to rebuild citizens’ trust through open government
This post, written by Andreas Pawelke, Director at the Open Data Lab Jakarta, was originally published by Open Government Indonesia. With declining faith in governments around the world, we face a global trust crisis. Citizen engagement with government is at risk as people cease to see political leaders and officials as reliable partners. Governments urgently need to act to […]
2017: Where we are and how we got here
2017 marks the Lab’s fourth year, and it passed by quickly! Here are some of the highlights of our year and a quick recap of our journey. It’s been a tough but rewarding journey In 2014, we planted the seeds for the Jakarta Lab with projects aimed to help bring open data to the […]
100 days in: five thoughts from the top of the mountain
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 […]
“For Everyone”: Nonton Bareng dan Diskusi tentang Sejarah dan Masa Depan World Wide Web
Pada tanggal 13 Desember, kami akan menyelenggarakan acara nonton bareng dan diskusi tentang masa lalu, sekarang dan masa depan World Wide Web. Acara ini, gratis dan terbuka untuk umum, akan berlangsung di Ruang Serbaguna Kementerian Komunikasi & Informatika di Jakarta, dan terselenggara atas kolaborasi dengan Kementerian Kominfo, #SiberKreasi, ICT Watch dan Indonesia Internet Governance Forum. […]
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 […]
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