Inequality is one of the defining challenges of our time. The open Web can help to reduce inequality – social, political, economic and gender – and drive progress. But increasing centralisation and control online threatens to consolidate power in the hands of a few, largely unaccountable, gatekeepers and leave the rest of us behind. That is why we must find ways to combat these trends, in order to protect the open Web as a public good and preserve and enhance its equalising power among women and men, among the rich and poor. The panel will explore concrete initiatives to ensure that the web remains for everyone and how ordinary citizens can join and contribute to those.
Panel with Melanie Dulong de Rosnay, Renata Avila, and Thomas Lohninger.
Cathleen Berger 