SCMP Nov, 2019
Tim Berners-Lee pictured at a data privacy conference at the European Parliament last year. Photo: AP
World
Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee on Monday unveiled a “Contract for
the Web” to halt “misuse” by governments, companies and individuals,
bringing several capital cities and tech titans like Google aboard.
“If
we don’t act now – and act together – to prevent the web being misused
by those who want to exploit, divide and undermine, we are at risk of
squandering” its potential for good, Berners-Lee said in a statement
from his World Wide Web Foundation.
Credited
with laying the groundwork for the web – the universe of multimedia web
pages accessible via the internet – in 1989, the computer scientist has
been developing the so-called Contract for the Web since last year.
His
unveiling of the final document on Monday comes as government, business
and civil society leaders gather in Berlin for the four-day UN Internet
Governance Forum.
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