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World Wide Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee: Free the Internet!

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The British genius who invented the World Wide Web opens up about the state of the Internet, and its future.

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Sundance festivalgoers on the lookout for famous celebrities this week most likely had zero idea that the cheerful Brit walking down Main Street on Monday was Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the tech pioneer who was knighted for shaping the way we live and breathe online.

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