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Tim Berners-Lee: web inventor's plan to save the internet is admirable, but doomed to fail

Nov 30, 2019 - 4:30 PM

Is the world doomed to endure a 'digital dystopia,' or could Berners-Lee’s plan ensure the internet remains a common good?

TIM BERNERS-LEE. World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee delivers a speech during an event marking 30 years of World Wide Web, on March 12, 2019 at the CERN in Meyrin near Geneva. File photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

Web inventor Berners-Lee launches plan to stop internet abuse

Nov 25, 2019 - 8:49 AM

'If we don't act now – and act together – to prevent the web being misused by those who want to exploit, divide and undermine, we are at risk of squandering' its potential for good, Tim Berners-Lee says

STOPPING INTERNET ABUSE. World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee delivers a speech during an event marking 30 years of World Wide Web, on March 12, 2019 at the CERN in Meyrin near Geneva. File photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

As the web turns 30, is it an 'out-of-control monster?'

Mar 04, 2019 - 1:17 PM

Three decades after he invented the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee warns his creation has been 'hijacked by crooks' that may spell its destruction

TIM BERNERS-LEE. English scientist Tim Berners-Lee from the Web Foundation addresses the opening ceremony of the 2018 edition of the annual Web Summit technology conference in Lisbon on November 5, 2018. Photo by Francisco Leong/AFP

Inventor of World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee developing decentralized internet

Oct 01, 2018 - 3:46 PM

'The project aims to create an internet that does not ask users to give out their personal data to 'powerful forces who use it for their own agenda,'' says Berners-Lee

BERNERS-LEE. British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing the world wide web, gives a speech on April 18, 2012 in Lyon, central France, during the World Wide Web 2012 international conference on April 18, 2012 in Lyon. File photo by Philippe Desmazes/AFP


Inventor of World Wide Web warns of threat to internet

Sep 28, 2014 - 7:59 AM

Tim Berners Lee a computer scientist who invented the web 25 years ago calls for a bill of rights that will guarantee the independence of the internet and ensure users privacy

World Wide Web turns 25 years old

Mar 09, 2014 - 12:24 PM

An obscure young computer scientist at a European physics lab presented the idea of internet in his technical paper on March 1989

New coalition aims to push Internet costs down

Oct 09, 2013 - 7:30 AM

The Alliance for Affordable Internet is pushing for legislation to make Internet connectivity around the world more affordable

CHEAPER INTERNET. The Alliance for Affordable Internet wants to make getting online significantly more affordable. Image from A4AI.org

The search for the first web page

May 27, 2013 - 10:51 AM

While the draft of the world s first webpage is still missing the search has led to an earlier version of the first webpage

THE MISSING DRAFT. Tim Berners-Lee and the world's first webpage. Photo from CERN

Anger at suicide of US Internet activist

Jan 14, 2013 - 8:34 AM

The death of prominent Internet freedom fighter Aaron Swartz who took his own life at the age of 26 weeks before he faced trial sparked grief and anger Sunday January 13 from online rights advocates

SWARTZ. Internet activist Aaron Swartz in 2008. Photo by Fred Benenson via Wikipedia.