Tim Berners-Lee—Launched Contract for the Web with 76 clauses for governments, companies, and citizens
On November 25, 2019, Berners-Lee launched the Contract for the Web - a global action plan with 76 clauses and 9 core principles for how governments, companies, and citizens should protect the open web. Over 160 organizations signed including Microsoft, Google, EFF, DuckDuckGo, and Reddit, as well as governments of Germany, France, and Ghana. It has been compared to a Universal Declaration of Human Rights for the digital age.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Internet & Web Freedom | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| User Autonomy | +toward | secondary | +0.50 |
| User Privacy | +toward | secondary | +0.50 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.590 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.59)
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Launched Contract for the Web with 76 clauses for governments, companies, and citizens
On November 25, 2019, Berners-Lee launched the Contract for the Web - a global action plan with 76 clauses and 9 core principles for how governments, companies, and citizens should protect the open web. Over 160 organizations signed including Microsoft, Google, EFF, DuckDuckGo, and Reddit, as well as governments of Germany, France, and Ghana. It has been compared to a Universal Declaration of Human Rights for the digital age.