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The World Wide Web's 30th anniversary celebrated in today's Google Doodle
Tech2 News Staff •Sir Tim Berners-Lee proposed the idea for the World Wide Web 30 years ago today.

World Wide Web turns 30: Inventor Tim Berners-Lee says he is 'very concerned'
•Berners-Lee says he is celebrating, but is also very concerned as the web turns 30.

Tim Berners-Lee has launched #ForTheWeb campaign to defend free and open internet
•Berners-Lee said the full terms of the contract would be agreed in the coming months, with the objective to finalise it in May 2019

Inventor of Web, Tim Berners-Lee says Facebook, Google may need to be broken up
•Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Facebook have a combined market capitalization of $3.7 trillion.

The inventor of the world wide web claims that it can be 'weaponised' unless dominant firms are regulated: Report
Tech2 News Staff •The inventor of the world wide web blames the concentration of power as the reason for the lack of innovation stating how dominant platforms don't give room and create "barriers for competitors", instantly acquiring startups who challenge them.

Google, Facebook have to accept China's online censorship laws for accessing its 751 million internet users
•Google and Facebook are blocked in China, along with Twitter Inc and most major Western news outlets.

Watch: A short history of the GIF as it turns 30
Deeksha Bhushan •Popular among reaction-providers and humour-inducers, the GIF is also famous for the debates it sparks every time it’s mentioned – How does one say it?

Sir Tim Berners-Lee wins AM Turing award for excellence in computing
Fp Archives •Berners-Lee, 61, is this year's recipient of the AM Turing Award, computing's version of the Nobel Prize.

Tim Berners-Lee: Data privacy, fake news and political advertising are the bane of the World Wide Web
Tech2 News Staff •28 years, later, what does Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the world wide web, think of his creation? Here's what he has to say.
India Ranks 33rd On The Berners-Lee Internet Index
Fp Archives •The Berners-Lee report measures the economic, social and political impact of the Internet, based on criteria ranging from the proportion of people online to the amount of useful content available.

