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World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee calls for internet bill of rights to safeguard privacy

on Sep 28, 2014 | 0 comments

By Jessica Davies

Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web, has reiterated his concerns regarding the threat to internet freedom and called for the creation of an internet bill of rights to protect privacy.

The computer scientist, who invented the web 25 years ago, has previously stressed that internet freedom is under threat and that it must be safeguarded from being controlled by governments or large corporations.

Berners-Lee made this latest plea at the Web We Want festival on the future of the internet in London yesterday, where he said the “power to abuse” the open internet has become too tempting for both governments and big Read full story ›

Source: The Drum