Speaking to the Guardian, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the Internet creator, as we know it today, stressed the need to create an online rights declaration that would guarantee the security and independence of the Internet and its users.
Berners-Lee gave the interview on the occasion of completing 25 years since his first draft, the first proposal on how the World Wide Web should evolve. The "father of the Internet" stresses the need for a global regulation, a declaration of rights.
Berners-Lee's Magna Carta* is to be part of the "The Web We Want" movement, which calls on people to create a digital bill of rights, each in their own country. He believes that this declaration of these rights will be able to be supported by public institutions, government officials and businesses.
"Without an open and neutral Internet, then we can not have open governments, good democracy, a health system, proper communication and interconnection of civilizations." To supplement, "it is not naive to think that we can have this, but it is naive to think that we can just sit and wait for it to come by itself."
The Guardian: Online Magna Card asks Berners-Lee
Tim Berners-Lee has been highly critical of the American and British secret services and the surveillance system they have set up, as revealed by Edward Snowden. He was also critical of the tactics of the American NSA and the British GCHQ, of undermining the tools security and encryption technology businesses.
Beyond the principles of respect for user privacy, freedom of speech and responsible anonymity, Berners-Lee believes that the declaration he envisions can also resolve themesuch as the impact of copyright laws and Internet ethics. He also believes that the "The Web We Want" initiative can gain broad public support, despite the lack of public interest in the Snowden case.
In addition, in his interview he also mentioned the need to remove American control over the Internet database. domain names, to better reflect the global character of the Web.
Tim Berners-Lee's original vision was a global network for the exchange of information and knowledge and a tool for collaboration between scientists and other workers. Along the way the Web came up with one platform publication for the dissemination of information.
* The Magna Card, ie the Latin Charter in Latin, refers to the charter statute issued by 1215 and called upon the King of England John to renounce some of his rights and to accept that he would be bound by the laws. At the same time, the Charter protected the rights of the king's citizens.
