[IRTalk] Tim Berners-Lee's plan to save the internet: give us back control of our data

[Leti Kleyn]

 Tim Berners-Lee’s plan to save the internet: give us back control of our
data

Releasing his creation for free 30 years ago, the inventor of the world
wide web, Tim Berners-Lee, famously declared: “this is for everyone”.
Today, his invention is used by billions – but it also hosts the *authoritarian
crackdowns* <https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net> of antidemocratic
governments, and supports the infrastructure of the most wealthy and
powerful companies on Earth.

*Read here:*
*https://theconversation.com/tim-berners-lees-plan-to-save-the-internet-give-us-back-control-of-our-data-154130?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%208%202021%20-%201857018097&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%208%202021%20-%201857018097+CID_e0b092a050d27ee73e4136104726b207&utm_source=campaign_monitor_africa&utm_term=Tim%20Berners-Lees%20plan%20to%20save%20the%20internet%20give%20us%20back%20control%20of%20our%20data*
<https://theconversation.com/tim-berners-lees-plan-to-save-the-internet-give-us-back-control-of-our-data-154130?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%208%202021%20-%201857018097&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%208%202021%20-%201857018097+CID_e0b092a050d27ee73e4136104726b207&utm_source=campaign_monitor_africa&utm_term=Tim%20Berners-Lees%20plan%20to%20save%20the%20internet%20give%20us%20back%20control%20of%20our%20data>

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* Dr Leti Kleyn *
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