Networked Nation Manifesto
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Martha Lane Fox, the UK Digital Champion, today launches the Manifesto for a Networked Nation.
This is a rallying cry for the use of existing technology and networks, both technical and community, to be used to get people online.
Depending on the source, it it estimated that there are between six and ten million people in the UK who have never used, or do not have access to, the internet.
The Manifesto has two overarching and simple aims.
1. By the end of this Parliament, everyone of working age should be online.
2. No-one from now on should retire from work without web skills.
Lane Fox argues in the Manifesto that there is, in the current climate, no money available. However, the existing infrastructure in schools, libraries and JobCentres could and should be exploited further.
The Manifesto also argues that informal social networks and support groups have a strong role to play in getting everyone online to exploit the possibilities of e-communication for employment, citizenship, health and leisure.
In summary, the disadvantages of being offline are becoming so great, and growing at such a pace, that for reasons of social justice and economic necessity we must act now…
A loud cheer will go up throughout the Third Sector – and we can only hope that all the good work done in the sector to promote digital inclusion already is built upon.
You can find a copy of the Manifesto for A Networked Nation here.
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