Web inventor reveals 'contract' to prevent misuse of internet

inventor of World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee unveiled a 'Contract for Web' in order to stop misuse by governments, companies, and individuals and create a 'Web We Want'. Tim has decided to bring several capitals and technology giants like Google on board for this project. He said in a statement from World Wide Web Foundation that if action is delayed, n those who exploit internet put citizens at 'risk of squandering its potential for good'. During four-day of United Nations Internet Governance Forum in Berlin, on November 25 Tim disclosed his project which reportedly he has been working on for over a year. 

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Tim is man behind groundwork for web which is universe of multimedia webpages accessible through internet in 1989. Since 2018, computer scientist has been developing so called 'Contract for Web'. This contract is developed in cooperation with several experts and members of public and is a so-called 'romap to build a better web'. Tim also called out governments to strengn laws and regulations for internet usage and companies to ensure that pursuit of profit is not at cost of human rights and democracy. Tim also wants citizens to hold personalities in power, accountable and demand ir digital rights to be respected and help in starting a healthy conversation online. 

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Backed by more than 150 companies

Reportedly, more than 150 companies like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Reddit, as well as groups like Reporters Without Borders and Electronic Frontier Foundation have backed plan proposed by Tim. governments of France, Germany, and Ghana are also on board with contract for web along with thousands of individuals. abuse of technology has grown to an alarming state by society, business and politics. Contract for Web will provide a technical angle to resolve issues of web while in 2018, he launched a platform called 'Solid' which was aimed at providing controlled data to users. 

WWW foundation also put light upon rising cyber-bullying, growing used of web by politicians to manipulate news media and widespre scams especially during elections. Tim conceived web while working at European particle physics lab CERN for a way that will enable scientists to share information globally. However, recent increase in web access in developing economies lags behind industrialised nations with nearly 46 per cent people are still not online. 

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(With agency inputs)