- **Epistemic status:** #budding Freedom of information is the freedom given to all the people to publish and consume information. The goal is to build open knowledge resources, open access, and availability of data. Other goals can include: - Preservation of digital heritage - Respect for cultural and linguistic diversity, such as creating and maintaining content in accessible languages - Quality education, including lifelong and e-learning - Spread of new media, information literacy and skills - Social inclusion online, including addressing inequalities based on skills, education, gender, age, race, ethnicity, and accessible by those with disabilities. - Development of connectivity and affordable ICTs, including mobile, the Internet, and broadband infrastructures. To achieve these goals, Michael Buckland defined 6 barriers to overcome: - Identifying the source - Availability of the source - Price of the user - Cost to the provider - Cognitive access - Acceptability One of such problems is [[The Digital Divide]] that excludes more than half of the world's population. --- ## References - “Freedom of Information.” In _Wikipedia_, September 14, 2021. <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Freedom_of_information&oldid=1044365890>. - “Systemic Racial Discrimination Worsens the US Digital Divide, Study Says.” Accessed October 30, 2021. <https://www.vice.com/en/article/aek85p/systemic-racial-discrimination-worsens-the-us-digital-divide-study-says>.