Rich countries bid up the price of Internet freedom
1 December 2013 by Steve Blum
Berners-Lee, planet earth, public policy, snowden, web index, world wide web foundation
Berners-Lee, planet earth, public policy, snowden, web index, world wide web foundation
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The richer the country, the greater the impact and accessibility of the web, but the more intrusive governments become. The annual Web Index, compiled by the World Wide Web foundation, shows a strong correlation between high GDP and high scores on the attributes it measures. Even amid warnings from Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the web and the man behind the foundation, that “a growing tide of
surveillance and censorship now threatens the future of democracy”, it’s people in rich countries that are better able to improve their lives and affect the course of government via the Internet.… More