The inventor of the web Tim Berners-Lee on the future of the internet, 'fake news,' and why net neutrality is so important

Tim Berners-Lee on the huge sociotechnical design challenge | TechCrunch

In a speech discussing ethics and the Internet, the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has tasked the technology industry and its coder

Sir Tim Berners-Lee on Building AI That Benefits Everyone

In a recent Financial Times op-ed, World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee discusses how to ensure a future of AI that benefits and protects all.

Tim Berners Lee: Thoughts On The Internet Evolution

"I’ve always believed the web is for everyone. That's why I and others fight fiercely to protect it."

This Is for Everyone ebook by Tim Berners-Lee - Rakuten Kobo

Read "This Is for Everyone The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web" by Tim Berners-Lee available from Rakuten Kobo. A Sunday Times Bestseller The inventor of the World Wide Web explores his vision’s promise—and how it can be redeemed fo...

CERN70: Where the Web was born…

In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee, a young scientist working at CERN, wrote a proposal for an information management system based on the Internet. At the time, few people really understood the significance of his seemingly abstract idea. Luckily, however, his supervisor and a few colleagues had the foresight to let him work on an invention that would change the world.

How the Web Was Lost – James Gleick

This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Webby Tim Berners-Lee with Stephen WittFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 389 pp., $30

The Fathers of the Internet Revolution Urge Today’s Software Engineers to Reinvent the Web

Tim Berners-Lee, Vint Cerf, and other Internet pioneers issue a challenge on a day that just might go down in tech history

Tim Berners-Lee Warns A.I. Could Kill the Web Economy as No One Visits Sites Anymore

As A.I. chatbots replace human readers, Tim Berners-Lee warns the World Wide Web’s ad-driven business model could collapse without reform.

The Web’s Creator Looks to Reinvent It (Published 2016)

Tim Berners-Lee and other computer scientists are pondering newer technologies to create a web with more privacy and less government control.

The web can be weaponised – and we can't count on big tech to stop it | Tim Berners-Lee

It’s dangerous having a handful of companies control how ideas and opinions are shared. A regulator may be needed

AI may fatally wound web’s ad model, warns Tim Berners-Lee

Web inventor warns reliance on AI agents threatens multibillion-dollar revenues for Google and Meta

Dan Shipper 📧 on Twitter / X

The smallest technical decisions become humanity's biggest pivots:The same-origin policy—a well-intentioned browser security rule from the 1990s—accidentally created Facebook, Google, and every data monopoly since. It locks your data in silos—and you stayed where your stuff… pic.twitter.com/G87qsuPHxN— Dan Shipper 📧 (@danshipper) July 9, 2025

The New Internet: Tailscale's Vision for the Future of Connectivity

Tailscale's CEO, Avery Pennarun, explores the future of the internet, discussing the evolution of networking, the issues with today's complex systems, and how Tailscale is simplifying connectivity for developers with a new, more efficient approach. Discover the vision for a New Internet.

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