The Web is 25 years old, don’t break it

DON'T BREAK IT: The Internet allows people from Bangalore to Silicon Valley, and from Nairobi to Rio de Janeiro, to offer services to the world. — ©AFP/Relaxnews 2014

Our parents left India and Vietnam in search of opportunities abroad. Today, a young programmer in Vietnam can create the most popular app in the world, as Dong Nguyen did with his game Flappy Bird, without leaving home. 

Anupam Chander is Director of the California International Law Center and professor of law at the University of California, Davis; the author of The Electronic Silk Road: How the Web Binds the World Together in Commerce; and the recipient of a Google Research Award.