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Director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) w3.org, the place to agree on web standards. Founded webfoundation.org - let the web serve humanity

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http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/
Joined October 2009
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    Mar 13

    In 2016, the most comprehensive rules came into force in the EU. These ensure the right to the open internet without discrimination or interference. Happy birthday, !

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  2. Mar 13

    Wonderful energy and creativity — girl power at W.TEC in Lagos — should inspire girls all over the world to get into tech

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  3. Mar 13

    In 2009, Rosemary Leith and I founded the . Since then, it has helped make the web more empowering for more and more people . If you can, consider donating to support our work:

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  4. Mar 12

    Thank you London, thank you , thank you ! Now on to Lagos!

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  5. Mar 12

    I stopped by my old office at yesterday, where I worked on the WWW. Jakub is there now — doing his bit — working on data storage.

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  6. Mar 12

    I’m taking a 30-hour journey with to celebrate the web’s 30th birthday. First stop — where it all began. We’ll be visiting London, UK today and finishing in Lagos, Nigeria tomorrow. Follow the celebrations at .

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  7. Mar 12

    It's up to us:

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  8. Mar 12

    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?

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    Mar 11

    30 years on, what's next for the web? Read ’s letter on where we stand as a web community. It is up to us to fight for the web we want

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  10. Mar 8

    Recognizing a cool creative groundbreaking woman and a wonderful mum would have been 95 next week

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  11. Mar 5

    Today I'll be sitting down with for a conversation about the state of the web ahead of its 30th birthday. Ask me questions for the Q&A using . Join us from 9am ET:

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    Mar 3

    Mike is one of the most thoughtful people I know and his writing is both rigorous and warm. Here’s me reflecting on my carbon decisions recently while reading it:

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    Mar 2

    was murdered in his grandmother’s backyard for holding a cell phone. The DA received $13,000 from police unions days after the shooting and now we learn she will not charge the officers. Fight back at

    Breaking: No criminal charges against police officers in Sacramento police shooting of
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    9 Dec 2018

    "A lab co-op helps young faculty members to thrive" by Dr. Rebecca Heald

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  15. 9 Dec 2018

    On the day we celebrate the 50th of Doug Engelbart's "Mother of All Demos", we make a "tribute demo", using Solid. Lots more to do, but very much shared goals. Intercreativity. [Includes a cover of Shopping List]

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    5 Nov 2018

    In March 2019 the World Wide Web will be 30 years old. Half of the world’s population will be online. Half will not. This is a moment to recognise how much work is still to do. This is going to take all of us. What will you do ?

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  17. 7 Dec 2018

    Today’s revised figures show more than half the world is now online. This really is a 50/50 moment. Now more than ever, we need a contract to make sure everyone gets a web worth having. Let’s work together to make it happen!

    3.9 billion people (51.2% of the population) will be using the Internet by end-2018
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  18. 2 Dec 2018

    Yes. is a broken design. It should be changed to others don't get into this mess in future.

    All democrats need to unite to call for a suspension of which we know the will accept. This doesn't solve all our problems but it gives everyone a breathing space to explore the alternatives.
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  19. 30 Nov 2018

    The open web is to exercise their freedom of expression. It is a creator’s ally. Let's make sure it stays that way. Join the campaign to

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  20. 30 Nov 2018

    The web gives anyone the power to speak without asking for permission. But, if we allow the to establish upload filters, this freedom will be threatened. Our right to free expression must not be subject to a flawed .

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