Net neutrality has become a key political issue in the United States again, just two years after its regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), passed the landmark Open Internet Order. Advocates for the order’s reversal have pushed for a lighter-touch approach to internet regulation and seated the discussion on net neutrality rules in the wider […] The post A question of titles: Title I, Title II, and the future for net neutrality first appeared on Web We Want.| Web We Want
2016 saw the Web Foundation’s Web We Want network kick off FASTAfrica — a campaign to work toward an internet that is Fast, Affordable, Safe and Transparent. (Learn more about what we mean by “FAST” internet and why we think achieving FAST internet is so important.) From May 1-7, 30 groups and around 3,500 people […] The post FAST Africa 2016: Who’s accelerating, who’s braking? first appeared on Web We Want.| Web We Want
This post was originally published on August 11, 2016 on the personal blog of Nanjira Sambuli from Kenya who recently joined the Web Foundation team as Digital Equality Advocacy Manager. Back in 2009, some journalist -perhaps trying to make her story about “the pearl of Africa” land some eyeballs- stated that Uganda was “a place where cell phones […] The post On Writing About Tech In Africa (Part 2): Our Toothbrushes, Toilets and Bulbs first appeared on Web We Want.| Web We Want
Web We Want’s newsletter highlights one important topic and tells you what you need to know in 3 minutes or less. Women have fewer opportunities than men in most countries. Did you know they also have less Internet access? These two realities are entwined as the Internet becomes ever more important to education, health, jobs, and daily life. […] The post Why Getting Women Online Matters first appeared on Web We Want.| Web We Want
Grantee Project Youth At Risk Uganda held an ICT Youth Forum at Wampewo Secondary School in Kasangati, Uganda on 1 May, 2016 during the FASTAfrica action week about the importance of the Internet for education and career development, and the barriers to Internet access that still exist in spite of ongoing efforts to improve policies, […] The post FASTAfrica ICT Youth Forum in Uganda first appeared on Web We Want.| Web We Want
Languages: SpanishThis article was first published by the Center for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB Lab) as part of their Internet Universe series. We are drowning in dystopian visions of the Internet with attacks of privacy, free speech and personal security that were unthinkable only a decade ago. Someday, we will look back and ask: who saved the Web? …| Web We Want
Languages: Portuguese, French, Spanish, ArabicWeb We Want’s newsletter highlights one important topic and tells you what you need to know in 3 minutes or less. What’s Going On? There’s no such thing as free Internet. When your mobile operator offers you free data in some configuration, it means that either they or a content provider is footing …| Web We Want
Citizens in Europe have less than six weeks left to participate in a consultation which will define the rules of the future for keeping the Internet open. The BEREC guidelines are intended to provide a frame for regulators to implement Net Neutrality across Europe. The guidelines include zero-rating assessment criteria, traffic management practices, specialised services and […] The post Six Weeks to Save The Internet in Europe! Participate! first appeared on Web We Want.| Web We Want
Languages: Portuguese, SpanishThis article was originally published in Spanish by Oficina Antivigilancia, a project of Coding Rights, on March 1, 2016 The city of the future I see in promotional videos for systems of mass surveillance and mass control seems to be subsumed in a permanent state of normalcy. It is a city with no traffic, no protests, no …| Web We Want
Net neutrality is core to the web’s mission to make the exchange of information between people easier and faster no matter how each user connects.| Web We Want