The Web is slow-motion collapsing for multiple reasons, but at the heart of it all is a little known system: the Search/Browser Levy.
Over five billion people use the web through browsers which they never pay for, despite browser engines being complex and costly products. This is possible because browser vendors and search engine providers have developed a funding system — the search levy — in which search engines pay browsers (including public-interest ones like Mozilla Firefox) for traffic under specific conditions. This arrangement has succeeded in keeping browsers free and cutting-edge, but over two decades of operation it has also created an artificial monopoly over search with cascading negative consequences. We need not eliminate the levy system — rather, we can reform it so that it works for the web and those who use it.
The Global Coalition for Tech Justice is a newly formed global movement to ensure Big Tech plays its role in protecting elections and citizens’ rights and freedoms across the world, particularly in the global majority where companies – Meta/Facebook, Google/YouTube, Twitter, TikTok et al – have been negligent in dealing with the impacts of their social media and messaging products.
$30 million initial investment will bridge gaps between industry, civil society, and policymakers, broadening generative AI infrastructure in service of society
All Tech Is Human has developed this free program in order to help build the Responsible Tech pipeline – by facilitating connections and career development among talented students, career changers, and practitioners.
Black communities need an affirmative vision of technology that protects our civil rights and advances our needs. A campaign nominated for a 2023 Webby Award.
