The Guy Who Built The World Wide Web Is Building A 'New Internet', Where You Control Your Data

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IndiaTimes

Unless you've been living under a rock, you know Tim Berners-Lee is a pretty important dude in the technology world. He's the father of the Internet, responsible for the birth of the World Wide Web as we know it.

And he hates what it has become. So he's taking some action to fix it.

You see, for years now Berners-Lee has expressed his distaste at how major corporations have taken what was supposed to be a free environment and placed restrictions on it. He doesn’t like how groups like Facebook, Google, and Amazon have effectively centralized the Internet, nor how they control people’s data. So he’s instead working on a new platform and startup that’s declaring war on Big Tech.

Inrupt is a startup that Berners-Lee has been working on in stealth for about nine months. He’s even taken a sabbatical from his prestigious position teaching at MIT’s CSAIL labs in order to work full time. And Inrupt will finally launch to the world this week, Berners-Lee told Fast Company in an exclusive interview.

[MISBAILEY]

Oh, thought it was Al Gore....my mistake😉

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1 hour ago, MISBAILEY said:

Oh, thought it was Al Gore....my mistake😉

His too 

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[Valin]

Jan. 15 2021

The father of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, is sick of how big tech and social media companies have corrupted his child. He's building a new version where you -- not Google or Facebook -- controls your personal data.

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