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Marking the Web’s 35th birthday: An Open Letter from @timberners_lee addressing the erosion of the web’s core values and the resulting power imbalances influencing transformative technologies, reshaping geopolitics and driving economic shifts: medium.com/@timberners_le…
Join our online workshop at #GDDF2024 and find out how the Women's Rights Online network is making strides in combatting #OGBV. 📅 12 June 2024 ⏰ 2.30-3.30pm (ET) 6.30pm-7.30pm (UTC) 📝 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… @PollicyOrg @TEDICpy @hiperderecho @TechSocietal
Tomorrow: We host two workshops on our ongoing work on #TFGBV an analysis of findings on Perpetrator Data and needed research roadmap, and testing our gendered and data privacy framework to evaluate tech products. Join online or in-person at #CSW68 forms.gle/f3qGNZoyeQrfKw…
The founding principles of the web are creativity, collaboration and compassion. On this 35th anniversary read our co-founder @timberners_lee's assessment of his invention, and join us to continue to build the future of the web. medium.com/@timberners_le…
Happy birthday to the World Wide Web! MIT professor Tim Berners-Lee’s invention was initially described by his CERN supervisor as “vague but exciting”: bit.ly/2EXaniz (v/@timberners_lee & @webfoundation, image courtesy of Sotheby’s)
Dr. Carolina Are is a content moderation expert and creator working on social media platforms’ governance of nudity, sex, and LGBTQIA+ expression, and ran a Technology Policy Design Lab to counter malicious flagging: techlab.webfoundation.org/blog/malicious… @bloggeronpole @sprblm_
What would platform governance look like if users could get a seat at the table to design policies that affect them? The report I'm launching today with @digi_citizens, @webfoundation & @sprblm_ shares policies from co-design workshops with impacted users: digitalcitizens.uk/blog/platform_…
Online gender-based violence can be prevented and countered. Using a collaborative design approach, we have already drafted some potential solutions. Learn more about the inaugural Tech Policy Design Lab here. #OGBV techlab.webfoundation.org/ogbv/prototypes
Across the globe, organizations are collecting evidence to call for change and get tech to think differently about online gender-based violence. With input from across the globe, what is the real picture? #OGBV #CSW67 techlab.webfoundation.org/case-studies/d…
In all regions of the world, amendments are being made and new laws are being developed to address online gender-based violence. Find out what governments are doing across the globe. #OGBV #CSW67 techlab.webfoundation.org/case-studies/g…
Big tech companies might be the focus when it comes to addressing online gender-based violence— but many small pioneering companies put safety at the centre. #OGBV #TFGBV #TFVAW techlab.webfoundation.org/case-studies/t… #CSW67
Starting soon:
Join us either online or in person tomorrow (Friday) to discuss how data, policies and tools can be used to tackle #OGBV. Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #ogbv #CSW67