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Manish Tewari | Behind all social media ills: Not privacy, but anonymity
Unchecked proliferation of anonymous accounts has weaponised Internet, turning it into a veritable orgy of hate violence and intimidation
World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says digital divide should be closed by 2030
Some 3.5 billion people — nearly half the world — have missed out on the “lifeline” the internet has provided during the COVID-19 crisis.
Berners-Lee says World Wide Web, at 30, must emerge from 'adolescence'
Berners-Lee said many people now felt unsure about whether the web was a force for good.
A timeline of the internet
In October 1969, scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) attempt to exchange data between two computers.
At 30, World Wide Web ‘not the web we wanted,’ inventor says
The 63-year-old Englishman is calling on governments, companies and citizens to work together, and wants the web to become more accessible.
Delving into the dark side
The Dark Web makes up a small part of the Internet but is a highly busy space, brimming with illicit activities.
Web needs rethink to stop "nasty" ideas spreading, says its creator
Berners-Lee, a London-born computer scientist who invented the Web as a platform on top of the internet in 1989