3 Strategies to Protect an Open and Free Web by Using ICTs
3 Strategies to Protect an Open and Free Web by Using ICTs
1. Affordance and Accessibility of ICTs
When I read the Contract for the Web, one thing comes to my attention: Make the Internet affordable and accessible to everyone. Technology is definitely play its part in lowering the costs of the education, Free online courses is something we can resort to. Ed-tech is changing the way teachers teach and learners learn. It is no longer requires learners to stay in a traditional brick and mortar classroom. Many courses are leveraging both online and offline instructions where learners can study on their own pace. Khan Academy, Coursera, Wikipedia, all of these website offers a free and world-class education for anyone, anywhere. By making resources accessible online and reducing the technologies costs, budget on education in rural areas can be greatly reduced and make make a better learning experience for all students. 
With the development of ICTs and technologies, a lot of benefits were brought such as saving time, sharing knowledge, and shortening geographic distance. But what comes abreast are the problems of fake news, hate speech, addiction, and social isolation, Admittedly, it is always hard to avoid some unintended consequences and to protect a free and open web has a long way to go. But people has a great autonomy of how to using their social media accounts and how to use technologies.
Fake news and biased speeches are disseminated from people who use technologies to foster the wrong opinion. Therefore, it is essential part to foster users media literacy on how to discern fake news. As the audience, the onus is on themselves to first be able to what messages are being conveyed. Analyzing images to decide whether they present a fair depiction of the truth. It is essential for the public to consider the source of information and ask what the objective is. The credibility of information source is always important, especially when it comes to controversial issues. Providing scaffold for the public's media literacy is an important component in informal learning situations. As it said, "the purpose of media literacy education of media is to help individuals of all ages develop the habits of inquiry and skills of expression that they need to be critical thinkers, effective communicators and active citizens in today's world[1]".
2. Media Literacy Education
With the development of ICTs and technologies, a lot of benefits were brought such as saving time, sharing knowledge, and shortening geographic distance. But what comes abreast are the problems of fake news, hate speech, addiction, and social isolation, Admittedly, it is always hard to avoid some unintended consequences and to protect a free and open web has a long way to go. But people has a great autonomy of how to using their social media accounts and how to use technologies.
Fake news and biased speeches are disseminated from people who use technologies to foster the wrong opinion. Therefore, it is essential part to foster users media literacy on how to discern fake news. As the audience, the onus is on themselves to first be able to what messages are being conveyed. Analyzing images to decide whether they present a fair depiction of the truth. It is essential for the public to consider the source of information and ask what the objective is. The credibility of information source is always important, especially when it comes to controversial issues. Providing scaffold for the public's media literacy is an important component in informal learning situations. As it said, "the purpose of media literacy education of media is to help individuals of all ages develop the habits of inquiry and skills of expression that they need to be critical thinkers, effective communicators and active citizens in today's world[1]".
3. Data Privacy
ICTs are changing the way people interactive with each other. Today, social media users' concerns about the privacy has spiked in recent years. Data breaches have pushed people to rethink the relationship to social media and the security of the personal information. Giant tech companies such as Google, Amazon has build empires of data economy. Transparency becomes pivotal for the public to know how tech companies manage the data they have collected. Also, companies should ask permission of their users before collecting data and personal data should not be sold by commercial purpose. The data should be protected and not easily accessible by everyone.Many policies has been implemented by different countries to protect users information privacy. European Union developed General Data Protection Regulation [2], which protect data and privacy in EU areas and address the transfer of personal data outside the EU areas. For business, taking advantage of free security tools such as encrypted storage solutions and password managers is one feasible method. For users, the cloud and backup data is an ideal option for individual protect the data. Basically, this creates a duplicate copy of data so that if a device is lost or stolen, users can avoid losing important information.
References:
[1] National Association for Media Literacy Education
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