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Tim Berners-Lee ‘Disappointed’ At Online Data Scandals

The web inventor says the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the spread of divisiveness via social media show the ‘optimism has cracked’

The British web inventor urged more effective regulation of targeted political adverts drawing on vast stores of personal data

ODI founders want the government to consider open data as critical infrastructure that needs protection

In its next 25 years, the Web will drive a redefinition of the relationship between citizens and society, Sir Nigel Shadbolt tells TechWeek

Founder of the World Wide Web speaks on the 25th anniversary of his creation

76 percent of people believe that the World Wide Web has been good for society as it approaches its 25th birthday

Sir Tim Berners-Lee says world governments are making slow progress in their adoption of the Web, but GCHQ spying lets Britain down

Inventor of the World Wide Web slams the Internet snooping practices of the NSA and GCHQ

The new non-profit will campaign for open and competitive broadband markets in the developing world

Tim Berners-Lee disappointed by Google’s response to criticism of Chrome’s stored passwords

Google prize for Brits that want to change the world

Internet founders get the first “Nobel Prize for Engineering – the QE

He likes mobile advertising, but he’s a privacy advocate. We speak to Michael Cook of Sheffield International Venues

The inventor of the web says plans to store data open highly sensitive information up to abuse

eWEEK Europe is giving away tickets to the RSA event in London. Subscribe to the security newsletter to win

Tim Berners-Lee says ISPs must uphold net neutrality as they strive to manage increasing data on the web

The World Wide Web Consortium has promised that final specification for HTML5 will arrive in 2014

Scaremongering gets us nowhere. The Internet is big enough and ugly enough to look after itself, says Sophie Curtis

Culture minister Ed Vaizey has clarified his stance on net neutrality, the unbiased running of Internet service access

Tech body W3C has released standards for building rule systems on the web and making searches smarter

The web pioneer will head an organisation based at universities in Oxford and Southampton