Father of the World Wide Web: Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee

Full Name :Timothy John Berners-Lee Born : 8th-Jun -1955 Zodiac Sign : Gemini Birth Place : London UK Occupation : Engineer , Scientist , Inventor Industry : Internet

30 years ago, the three www – World Wide Web revolutionized the world with just a click of a mouse. The man responsible for innovating one of the most significant and important innovations of the modern civilization had dreamt of an egalitarian paradise. However, Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee is today disheartened for what the web has become in its totality.

Popularly known as Tim Berners, Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee has made a series of public interventions. His warning about corporate capture of the online sphere is indeed a serious issue and the biggest problem of our modern world. Tim Berners is working on latest decentralization technologies, which will make an attempt to break the grip of dominant digital-walled gardens. His significant invention is now possessing an imminent threat to the people of the world.

Threats and Challenges:

On the 30^th anniversary of the World Wide Web, Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee published an open letter on the 12^th of March 2019. It was on this day, 30 years ago, he submitted his original proposal for an information management system, which went on to give birth to the online services. In his letter, Tim Berners writes, “If we give up on building a better web now, then the web will not have failed us. We will have failed the web.” He wishes people not to give up on the web.

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