#web foundation

Rapport: Toegang tot internet neemt af en vergroot digital divide

Sinds drie jaar neemt de toegang tot het internet dramatisch af en dat heeft enorme gevolgen voor zwakkere groepen mensen. Dit stelt de World Wide Web Foundation in een recent onderzoek. De Britse krant bericht hierover. (more…)

Post: 23 September 2018

New blog post on my website:

3 Major Challenges For The Web According to Its Creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee

March 12, 1989, Sir Tim Berners-Lee submitted a document in which it set out its vision for what would become the World Wide Web. 28 years later, Berners-Lee is proud of what has become his creation, but an open letter published on the Foundation Web site highlights the challenges facing the Web today. “Over the past 12 months, I’ve become increasingly worried about three new trends, which I…

(vía https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awBzRTMA0o8)

Acceso a Internet y violencia en línea hacia mujeres (y mujeres periodistas)

The UK and the US top the pile when it comes to making government data freely available for use and reuse, but adoption of open data practices may be slowing on the global stage.

A broadly sensible initiative from the UK's National Health Service, care.data, was described and marketed so woefully badly that it had to go away. Now it's back. Can it recover from the complete mess Government made of describing its value last time around? [I received one of their leaflets; it made me want to cry, it was so bad].

President Obama used last night's State of the Union address in Washington to highlight plans to restrict the sale and use of data related to children, and called on technology companies to fall into line.