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. AFP PHOTO/PHILIPPE DESMAZES
WASHINGTON: Worldwide web inventor Tim Berners-Lee said on March 5 he is on a mission to fix the problems of online abuse, misinformation and data protection that were not envisioned when the system was created decades earlier.
Berners-Lee, credited with creating the web in 1989, told a Washington Post event he is committed to working on solutions to rampant problems plaguing the online world.
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