Web father Tim Berners-Lee complains that 'the web is not working well for women'
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Tim Berners-Lee, father of the World Wide Web, states that the 'web is accessible to everyone.' But in fact, the Web has complained that 'it's not working well for women and girls.'
Why the web needs to work for women and girls – World Wide Web Foundation
https://webfoundation.org/2020/03/web-birthday-31/
Internet inventor warns web 'not working for women'-France 24
Tim Berners-Lee on March 12, 2019, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the web, points out what people should think about for a 'free and open web' and the Internet will not be a 'digital dystopia' To propose a 'contract for the web'.
Web father Tim Berners-Lee says `` It's time for us all to get up for the web ''-gigazine
One year after that. Tim Berners-Lee once again complained, 'The web is not working for women and girls.'
Tim Berners-Lee acknowledges that the world has made significant progress on gender equality, while bringing LGBTQ + communities and socially marginalized women online, especially women and girls of color We are worried that we are suffering damage. Once again, he said that technology people, from CEO-like people to engineers, scholars, and civil servants, need to pay attention.
The following three problems were raised.
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First, many women in the world are not yet online. The main reasons are financial circumstances, lack of necessary technology, and lack of usage skills. Males are 21% more connected to the Internet than women, and in developing countries this gap is widening to 52%, increasing inequality.
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Second, the web is not a secure place for many users. According to research agencies, more than half of the young women surveyed had experienced 'online violence', including receiving sexual harassment, receiving intimidating messages, and sharing disagreeable images. 84% of them think the problem is getting worse.
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Third, online discrimination against women is potentially continuing to exist. It has already been pointed out that artificial intelligence learns from women's language about discrimination against women and racism, but this will further exacerbate existing inequalities. While many companies are working to address this problem, discrimination will grow at an unprecedented rate and scale if not addressed in time.
In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized a novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) as a 'pandemic.' The company recommends remote work, but Tim Berners says that the web is an integral part of that, and that women and girls depriving women and girls of the basics of the web are not very acceptable. = Lee claims.
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