Millennials Demand Web Freedoms in ‘Digital Magna Carta’

Millennials Demand Web Freedoms in ‘Digital Magna Carta’

The British Library recently conducted a survey with about 3,000 participants with the purpose of creating a digital “Magna Carta” for the Internet age, resulting in a top ten list of declarations for the World Wide Web. Roughly 500 stipulations were conceived by the surveyed group, ages 10-18. The biggest ultimatum given was for the Internet to be free from control of governments or corporate entities. The number 1 clause for the Digital Magna Carta reads: "The Web we want will not let companies pay to control it, and not let governments restrict our right to information." The project,....


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