Submission + - World wide web needs bill of rights according to Sir Tim Berners-Lee (bbc.com) 1
JestersGrind writes: In BBC News:
"The inventor of the world wide web has marked the 25th anniversary of his creation by calling for a 'Magna Carta' bill of rights to protect its users."
"It's time for us to make a big communal decision," he said. "In front of us are two roads — which way are we going to go?
"Are we going to continue on the road and just allow the governments to do more and more and more control — more and more surveillance?
"Or are we going to set up a bunch of values? Are we going to set up something like a Magna Carta for the world wide web and say, actually, now it's so important, so much part of our lives, that it becomes on a level with human rights?"
"The inventor of the world wide web has marked the 25th anniversary of his creation by calling for a 'Magna Carta' bill of rights to protect its users."
"It's time for us to make a big communal decision," he said. "In front of us are two roads — which way are we going to go?
"Are we going to continue on the road and just allow the governments to do more and more and more control — more and more surveillance?
"Or are we going to set up a bunch of values? Are we going to set up something like a Magna Carta for the world wide web and say, actually, now it's so important, so much part of our lives, that it becomes on a level with human rights?"