Posted on 12/10/2014 9:22:18 PM PST by Olog-hai
The computer scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web has called for affordable access to the Internet to be recognized as a human right, as a report showed that billions of people still cannot go online and government surveillance and censorship are on the rise.
Tim Berners-Lee said Thursday the Internet can help tackle inequality—but only if it comes with the rights to privacy and freedom of expression. The Briton, who launched the Web in 1990, made the remarks as he released his World Wide Web Foundation’s latest report tracking the Internet’s global impact. …
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We all know Al Gore invented the Internet. This guy is a sham, a fraud, a liar....unlike Al. (/s)
Garbage! Sounds like one of those net neutrality hippies. Private enterprise created the technology we have today. Government meddling or this jerk would have hampered Henry Ford, Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell. Abolish the EPA! And the FCC! And CNN!
So should Hula Hoops. It’s not like they are even expensive. The government could provide everyone with at least one Hula Hoop and it would contribute to the fight against obesity, children would be more healthy, white folks would be more coordinated, new jobs for the poor in hula hoop factories... it just goes on and on.
Tell that to Google and Facebook.
The only privacy those Facebook and Google owners believe in would be for themselves alone. Everybody else, “Snap out of it, what have you got to hide?”
This reminds me of an ex-Houston mayor named, “Bill White”. While he was running for office he said, “I think that everyone should have internet access and I’m hoping that the business community will step up and provide it.”
I smirked and said to myself, “Good luck with that, Bill, you idiot!” ;-)
Tell that to Vin Cerf, who was done creating the internet 20 years before that. Hell, I was transmitting monthly business data over the web in 1988, maybe I'm the inventor!
Web browsers are free, so he should consider his mission complete.
Seems a misleading headline. I don’t see where he says the net is a right, but that it’s use carries with it certain rights. Since I see these as the same rights I expect when writing a letter or visiting the library, I don’t see the problem....
Of course, I could be wrong....
It was private industry (AT&T) that was among the pioneers in computing connectivity in 1969/1970 at Murray Hill, NJ. I have little doubt this Berners-Lee doofus would be first in line with the liberals who want to destroy Free Republic with their regulations.
“It’s time to recognize the Internet as a basic human right,” Berners-Lee said. “That means guaranteeing affordable access for all, ensuring Internet packets are delivered without commercial or political discrimination, and protecting the privacy and freedom of Web users regardless of where they live.” …Like another poster said, it sounds like net neutrality propaganda.
Next stupid idea!?
the internet is a medium through which we express ourselves.
in the US, this would be covered by the first amendment.
in other countries... it’s up to your govt to decide whether or not you’re allowed to have it
So you’re saying you support unaffordable access, political censorship, and zero privacy? Yeah, sure.
Brie should be a Human Right. And beer.
Aren’t hula hoops racist ?
Pornographers and advertisers rejoice.
Oh, noes, it was algore or tiny tim or pee wee herman or a spider that launched the web.
The DARPAnet, the fore runner to the internet was in use in the 70s and colleges were using it in the early 80s.
By 1990 this jerk was watching internet browsers all over the world, and what ever he lunched on, was fish and chips.
I don’t understand.. does he want some sort of world governing body to give everyone free computers and free access to the internet?
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