Web@25: An amazing journey but we must fight for its future

Dan Worth
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We must keep the web free, open and neutral, argues V3 news editor Dan Worth

When I was 11 I remember having a lesson at school about how to the use the World Wide Web. Having left the digital backwaters of primary school, I was now at the forefront of the technology revolu...

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