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Introducing MY World, an innovative global survey asking you to choose your priorities for a better world.

Since last weeks revelations around the NSAs PRISM surveillance programme, the team at the Web Foundation has been actively involved in the global civil society response. Here is a brief update:

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Today, Web, were pleased to be publishing a report entitled Open Data Directory: Use Cases and Requirements. The full report can be downloaded here.

One could easily make the case that all is rosy in the OpenWorld Wide Web Foundation 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 open up

As part of the ODDC project we are working to explore common assessment methods for mapping the conditions for, supply of, and impacts of, open data across the world. As the first stage of that weve been consulting on a

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The world has been shocked by the recent revelations surrounding the USAs PRISM surveillance programme. Sir Tim Berners-Lee has spoken out on the issue.

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Were delighted to hear that Al Jazeera was commended at this months Online Media Awards in London in the category Best Use of Crowd Sourcing or Citizen Journalism.

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 Google, Facebook and Apple.

A flagship publication of the Web Foundation, the Web Index is an annual scorecard measuring the state and social value of the Web in countries around the world.

Were pleased to announce that weve co-founded the Global Open Data Initiative, which will drive forward the global open data agenda and translate intention into action. Image courtesy of the Oxford Internet Institute.

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As we noted in April when we released a draft for comment, quality rich information

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Established by Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the World Wide Web Foundation is a non-profit organWebization devoted to achieving a world in which all people can use the Web to communicate, collaborate and innovate freely, building bridges across the divides that threaten our shared future.

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Were 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 ICT and development sectors, gained in both

International Development and ICT Expert Appointed as Executive Director of Alliance For Affordable Internet

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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 voice and web based services to accelerate

This accolade stemmed from the channels coverage of the Kenyan elections.