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=== '''Built on transparent technologies that anyone can study, use or improve. ''' ===
*anyone can create content, code or devices
*web example: anyone can run
*non-web example: a recipe book anyone can cook from and innovate with
*Shared control *isn’t top down in control
*user choice for which programs to run
*web example: you choose which operating system to use and programs to install
*non-web example:
The generative nature of web means we can all take existing parts of the Internet into something that is our own. == *freely create, innovate and express ideas online without asking permission from others.
*web example: you can remix content together--photos, videos, music can be mashed up to create new content
*non-web example: a box of legos that can be re-shaped into new things at any point
The open web is a powerful tool for change. · == *It’s the /most/ powerful communication tool in the history of humanity
*The nervous system of trade, education, governance, activism, and play.
*Lets a single idea achieve global impact
*The Internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible.
The open web is threatened. ==
by:
*lack of privacy
A closed internet slows down innovation and commerce, and stifles collaboration We need to protect, improve and grow the open web. ==
*Magnifying the public benefit aspects of the Internet is an important goal, worthy of time, attention and commitment.
