When I invented the web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission. Now, hundreds of millions of people are using it freely. I am worried that that is… - Tim Berners-Lee

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When I invented the web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission. Now, hundreds of millions of people are using it freely. I am worried that that is going end in the USA. … Democracy depends on freedom of speech. Freedom of connection, with any application, to any party, is the fundamental social basis of the Internet, and, now, the society based on it. Let's see whether the United States is capable as acting according to its important values, or whether it is, as so many people are saying, run by the misguided short-term interested of large corporations. I hope that Congress can protect net neutrality, so I can continue to innovate in the internet space. I want to see the explosion of innovations happening out there on the Web, so diverse and so exciting, continue unabated.

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About Tim Berners-Lee

Tim Berners-Lee (born 8 June 1955) is the inventor of the World Wide Web and director of the World Wide Web Consortium, which oversees its continued development.

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Birth Name: Timothy John Berners-Lee
Alternative Names: Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee TimBL T. Berners-Lee T Berners-Lee Tim Berners Lee T. J. Berners-Lee T.J. Berners-Lee TJ Berners-Lee TBL Sir Tim Berners-Lee Berners-Lee
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