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A more inclusive internet for who? Non-English speakers in digital spaces
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What is the language this website is written in? The letters that make up its source code? The very infrastructure of the Web itself? Is the language you write emails, essays and personal WhatsApp messages in the same as the language you grew up speaking or speak at home? Our daily lives are intertwined with the language that we use to interact, express ourselves, and create and consume information. With more than 5 billion people today being online or on digital platforms of some form, the language available and used online is important.