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Surveillance Laws: Time to Reform the Status Quo 24 Aug 2013 | 12:42 pm
The Financial Times has today published a letter from the Web Foundation and other civil society groups in response to the detention of David Miranda and the destruction of hard drives at the Guardian...
Voices: Looking back, looking ahead 9 Jul 2013 | 07:21 pm
Since January 2011, the World Wide Web Foundation has led a 12-partner consortium in a project called Voices funded by the European Union under the FP7 program. Designed to leverage the integration of...
International Development and ICT Expert Appointed as Executive Director of Alliance For Affordable Internet 3 Jul 2013 | 08:57 pm
We’re pleased to announce that Sonia N. Jorge has today been appointed as Executive Director of the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI). Ms Jorge has over 20 years international experience in the ...
New Research: Open Data in Indonesia 28 Jun 2013 | 03:15 pm
Today, we’re announcing the publication of our latest research report. Entitled “Open Government Data: Readiness Assessment Indonesia”, the study takes a detailed look at Indonesia’s readiness to impl...
Web Foundation’s Voices Project Helps Al Jazeera Win Recognition 27 Jun 2013 | 03:52 pm
We’re delighted to hear that Al Jazeera was commended at this month’s Online Media Awards in London in the category “Best Use of Crowd Sourcing or Citizen Journalism”. This accolade stemmed from the ...
Announcing a New Report: Open Data Directory – Use Cases and Requirements 26 Jun 2013 | 05:42 pm
Today, we’re pleased to be publishing a report entitled “Open Data Directory: Use Cases and Requirements”. The full report can be downloaded here. As we noted in April when we released a draft for co...
Call for Country Researchers: Open Data Barometer 21 Jun 2013 | 05:50 pm
research coordinator. Apply now The Open Data Barometer is produced and co-funded by the World Wide Web Foundation and the Open Data Institute, and in association with the Common Assessment Meth...
PRISM: The Global Response and How You Can Help 11 Jun 2013 | 07:41 pm
Since last week’s revelations around the NSA’s PRISM surveillance programme, the team at the Web Foundation has been actively involved in the global civil society response. Here is a brief update: On...
Announcing the Global Open Data Initiative (GODI) 11 Jun 2013 | 03:36 pm
One could easily make the case that all is rosy in the Open Data world. The number of open data initiatives has grown from two to over 300 in just four years, whilst the most notable initiative to ope...
Web Inventor Speaks Out On PRISM 8 Jun 2013 | 12:17 am
In stories broken today by The Guardian (UK) and The Washington Post (USA) it has been reported that the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) has “direct access to servers of firms including ...
