#NetNeutrality allowed me to invent the web without having to ask for permission. Let's keep the internet open!
Tim Berners-Lee
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Tim Berners-Lee
@timberners_lee
Inventor of WWW
Co-founder/CTO Inrupt.com
Co-founder theODI.org
Founder W3.org
Mastodon: w3c.social/@timbl
My memoir ‘This is for Everyone’ out 9th September ⬇️
- 33 years ago today, I submitted a proposal for a system called the World Wide Web. I'd normally publish thoughts on the state of the web. But these are not normal times. Instead, @rosemaryleith & I ask you to join us to #StandWithUkraine however you can. webfoundation.org/2022/03/standi…To mark the web's birthday this year, @timberners_lee and I have donated to causes supporting women, children & journalists in Ukraine. Join us, if you can, to contribute and #StandWithUkraine. webfoundation.org/2022/03/standi…
- #NetNeutrality allowed me to invent the web. If protections are scrapped, innovators will have to ask ISPs for permission to get their ideas out – a disaster for creativity. A disaster for the internet. Tell your Reps to stop the vote. medium.com/@timberners_le… … @webfoundation
- This is a serious moment for the web’s future. But I want us to remain hopeful. The problems we see today are bugs in the system. Bugs can cause damage, but bugs are created by people, and can be fixed by people. 1/9
- The #CopyrightDirective would hurt small-scale creatives and startups who would be unable to comply with a regulatory model designed for the era of the printing press. #EU reps must stand up for our digital future #SaveYourInternetsaveyourinternet.euHomeYou can still stop #Article13 (aka #Article17)! #Copyright #CensorshipMachine
- It is absolutely necessary to have a second referendum #secondreferendumIt is heartening to see a thoughtful minister recognize the dangerous realities that confront Britain. He will be proved right. We cannot be forced to swallow a bad deal to avoid no deal. Now for the Labour leadership to follow. theguardian.com/politics/2018/…
- Today the internet is 50 years old. The internet & the web it enabled have changed billions of lives for the better. But their power for good is under threat. This birthday must mark the moment we take on the fight for the web we want. webfoundation.org/2019/10/as-the… #Internet50
- Replying to @timberners_leeMy message to all web users today is this: I may have invented the web, but you make it what it is. And it’s up to all of us to build a web that reflects our hopes & fulfils our dreams more than it magnifies our fears & deepens our divisions. 6/9
- In 1990, I coded up the foundational technologies for the World Wide Web. To celebrate the web’s 30th birthday, will you add to a crowdsourced Twitter timeline of the web’s milestone moments? webfoundation.org/2019/02/help-b… #Web30 #ForTheWeb
- I'm very concerned about the sale of .org to a private company. If the Public Interest Registry ends up not being required to act in the public interest, it would be a travesty. We need an urgent explanation. #SaveDotOrg
- I’m taking a 30-hour journey with @webfoundation to celebrate the web’s 30th birthday. First stop @CERN — where it all began. We’ll be visiting London, UK today and finishing in Lagos, Nigeria tomorrow. Follow the celebrations at #Web30 #ForTheWeb.
- The @FCC's proposal to undermine #NetNeutrality would be a disaster for the internet, for consumers & for innovation. That's why I've joined internet pioneers calling for tomorrow's vote to be cancelled pioneersfornetneutrality.tumblr.com - Call your reps NOW ->>> battleforthenet.com
- Aaron dead. World wanderers, we have lost a wise elder. Hackers for right, we are one down. Parents all, we have lost a child. Let us weep.
- I invented the web as an open, permissionless space #foreveryone. The FCC’s repeal of #NetNeutrality threatens to take that away. Tell the Senate they must protect net neutrality to keep the web open: battleforthenet.com/redalert #RedAlert cc @lisamurkowski @SenJohnKennedy @JeffFlake
