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Contract for the Web
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Contract for the Web


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Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Applicable
  • Well Structured
  • Visionary

Recommendation

Many consider the internet to be a global public good. Yet increasingly, it is becoming a tool for political manipulation, privacy violations and character assassinations. Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web in the 1990s is on a mission to save the world from a “digital dystopia.” He has worked with more than 80 governmental, private and civil society organizations to put together a set of guidelines for governments, companies and individuals to safeguard the internet. Their actionable recommendations, summed up in the “Contract for the Web,” serve as a primer in internet civics for active web users everywhere.

Take-Aways

  • Governments have responsibilities to provide universal, reliable internet access and to protect people’s online privacy.
  • Companies must take active measures to ensure universal access to the internet and build online trust.
  • Individual internet users can help create fair and thriving online communities that will benefit everyone.

About the Author

Tim Berners-Lee is inventor of the World Wide Web, founder of the World Wide Web Foundation and initiator of the “Contract for the Web,” which 80 organizations representing governments, companies and civil society worked on.