Inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, has asked Britons to stand up against the Investigatory Powers Bill, which will allow watchdogs to keep track of every move a web user takes.
The announcement about the new bill was made in the Queen’s Speech earlier last week, with the new bill reportedly a beefed up version of the snooper’s charter. It will allow authorities to track everyone’s web and social media usage.
The new regulation will also increase security services’ warranted powers for bulk interception of content.
The Guardian reported Tim as saying: "The discussion [in the Queen’s Speech] of increased monitoring powers is something which is a red flag … this discussion is a global one, it’s a big one, it’s something that people are very engaged with, they think it’s very important, and they’re right, because it is very important for democracy, and it’s very important for business."
He also warned Britons about the cut-down versions of the web being introduced to provide wider access by tech giants like Facebook, which has introduced the Internet.org project.
Tim spoke out in the Web We Want Festival in London, which aims to promote freedom of expression online and offline, protection of user data and privacy, affordable access to the net, a decentralised and open infrastructure, and net neutrality.
