Tim Berners-Lee calls for internet freedoms to be protected

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In the wake of US and UK web spying revelations, the inventor of HTML warns against government and corporate takeover of internet

Tim Berners-Lee, the engineer who invented HTML, has warned that the internet must be safeguarded against attempts to control it by governments and major organisations. Berners-Lee was speaking ...

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