World Wide Web

Happy Birthday, Internet: the World Wide Web Turns 30

Celebrate the internet's 30th anniversary with live-streamed World Wide Web Foundation events featuring Sir Tim Berners-Lee, contribute to a crowdsourced Twitter timeline, or travel back in time by firing up the original web browser.

Rob Marvin | 3 min read

				
Tim Berners-Lee Pushes For 'Contract' to Protect the WebThe contract calls for the development of an open and free internet, but with a pledge by companies to 'respect consumers' privacy' and to design technologies 'that support the best in humanity and challenge the worst.'

				Michael Kan
			
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The Inventor of the World Wide Web Says It's Out of Control and Needs to Be RegulatedIn an open letter, Tim Berners-Lee raised the question over whether internet companies can effectively police themselves.

				Michael Kan
			
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Web Pioneer Tim Berners-Lee Wins Computing's Highest AwardIt's recognition for building the basics of the modern internet.

				Jon Fingas
			
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Exploring the Most Popular Websites of the Last 20 YearsThese sites can really give you some insight on the rises and falls of some of the biggest businesses in the internet age.

				K. Thor Jensen
			
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