Today, March 12, is the World Wide Web’s 29th birthday. Here’s a message from our founder and web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee on what we need to ensure that everyone has access to a web worth having. Today, the World Wide Web turns 29. This year marks a milestone in the web’s history: for the […]
The story of how the web began and why we must fight for its future
This post is originally published by the Web Foundation. “If we’re going to spend all this time on the internet — we should spend a proportion of that time defending it.” When Sir Tim Berners-Lee published his proposal for the World Wide Web, he envisioned an open, universal space, where anyone could bring their ideas to life without having […]
Recognise the Internet as a human right, says Sir Tim Berners-Lee as he launches annual Web Index
Original post from the World Wide Web Foundation: Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and founder of the Web Foundation, has called for the Internet to be recognised as a basic human right. At the release of the 2014-15 Web Index — the world’s first measure of the Web’s contribution to social, economic […]