In recent years, lots of proposed laws purport to reduce “harmful” content on the internet, especially for kids. Some have good intentions. But the fact is, we can’t censor our way to a healthier internet…
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey Breaks World Wid Web…Merkel, Macron and Navalny Speak Out (AUDIO)…
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey breaks World Wide Web. Merkel, Macron & Navalny speak out…Russian dissident Alexei Navalny blasts Twitter for Trump ban
Tim Berners-Lee Tells Us His Radical New Plan to Upend the World Wide Web…
Last week, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, asked me to come and see a project he has been working on almost as long as the web itself. It’s a crisp autumn day in Boston, where Berners-Lee works out of an office above a boxing gym. After politely offering me a cup of […]
Google Is a Monopoly–And It’s Crushing the Internet…
Five to 10 years ago, independent bloggers used to be able to get by on internet advertising, like the broadsheets of yore. But that changed quite quickly, and for two big reasons: Facebook and Google. They now gobble up the vast majority of internet advertising dollars — about 85 percent, as my colleague Jeff Spross […]
We Didn’t Lose Control of the Web — It Was Stolen…
Tim [Berners-Lee] says we’ve “lost control of our personal data”. This is not entirely accurate. We didn’t lose control; it was stolen from us by Silicon Valley. It is stolen from you every day by people farmers; the Googles and the Facebooks of the world. It is stolen from you by an industry of data […]
I Invented the Web. Here Are Three Things We Need to Change to Save It by Tim Berners-Lee…
Today marks 28 years since I submitted my original proposal for the worldwide web. I imagined the web as an open platform that would allow everyone, everywhere to share information, access opportunities, and collaborate across geographic and cultural boundaries. In many ways, the web has lived up to this vision, though it has been a […]
Net Neutrality Debate Takes Center Stage Ahead of Trump Presidency…
One day it could cost you more money to watch a YouTube video than to check your email. That’s what could happen if the United States ends net neutrality. Proponents of net neutrality — which prevents internet providers from blocking content, intentionally slowing load times for certain websites or…