28-01-2026 18:22 via tech.slashdot.org

Tim Berners-Lee Wants Us To Take Back the Internet

mspohr shares a report: When Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web in 1989, his vision was clear: it would used by everyone, filled with everything and, crucially, it would be free. Today, the British computer scientist's creation is regularly used by 5.5 billion people -- and bears little resemblance to the democratic force for humanity he intended.
Since Berners-Lee's disappointment a decade ago, he's thrown everything at a project that completely shifts the way data is held on the w
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