Inventor of World Wide Web warns of threat to Internet


  • TECH
  • Monday, 29 Sep 2014

FREEDOM FIGHTER: Tim Berners-Lee, a computer scientist who invented the Web 25 years ago, called for a bill of rights that would guarantee the independence of the Internet and ensure users' privacy.

LONDON: The British inventor of the World Wide Web warned on Saturday that the freedom of the Internet is under threat by governments and corporations interested in controlling the Web. 

Tim Berners-Lee, a computer scientist who invented the web 25 years ago, called for a bill of rights that would guarantee the independence of the Internet and ensure users' privacy. 

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