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<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#383838" face="Georgia">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</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font color="#383838" face="Georgia"> </font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><a href="https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><u><font color="#383838" face="Georgia">authoritarian crackdowns</font></u></span><span lang="en-us"></span></a><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font color="#383838" face="Georgia"> of antidemocratic governments, and supports the infrastructure of the most wealthy and powerful companies on Earth</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font color="#383838" face="Georgia">.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>

<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><b><font color="#383838" face="Georgia">Read here:</font></b></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us"><b><font color="#383838" face="Georgia"></font></b></span><span lang="en-us"> </span><a href="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"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><u><font color="#0563C1" face="Georgia">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</font></u></span><span lang="en-us"></span></a><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us"><b></b></span></p>

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