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Internet Founder Urges Push-Back Against 'Harvest-and-Hoard' of Big Tech to Regain Control Over Data © Photo : Pixabay Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202103131082332945-internet-founder-urges-push-back-against-harvest-and-hoard-of-big-tech-to-regain-control-over-data/ Previously, English computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, echoed the sentiments of regulators in saying too much power and personal data is in the hands of today’s tech giants like Google and Facebook. As the World...

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As the web turns 32, one third of young people still don't have internet access CNET 3/12/2021 Katie Collins © Provided by CNET Creator of the web, Tim Berners-Lee. Oliver Berg/picture alliance via Getty Images As the web turns 32 this Friday, its creator Tim Berners-Lee has used his annual letter to draw attention to the way the digital divide affects young people around the world.  While we might assume young people now grow up as digital natives, Berners-Lee pointed to a 2020 report from the International Telecommunication Union, which points out that one third of you...

The inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has warned that social and economic progress from being online is being constrained because billions of young people are being excluded from accessing it. In an open letter published with Web Foundation co-founder Rosemary Leith to mark the 32nd birthday of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim said young people were the key to driving positive change in the world. However, it highlighted figures which showed that one in three people aged 15 to 24 have no access to the internet and two-thirds of those aged under 25 – 2.2 billion people globally...

Too many young people around the world are excluded from accessing the internet, and getting them online should be a priority for the post-Covid era, Tim Berners-Lee has said. In a letter published to mark the 32nd birthday of the web, its founder says the opportunity “to reimagine our world and create something better” in the aftermath of Covid-19 must be channelled to getting internet access to the third of people aged between 15 and 24 who...