Non-Discriminatory Web

The father of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee told politicians at the US House of Representatives on Thursday that it was critical to protect the web from being control by a single company or country.

Berners- Lee stated in his conclusion that it was essential that "We ensure that that both technological protocols and social conventions respect basic values. That Web remains a universal platform: independent of any specific hardware device, software platform, language, culture, or disability. That the Web does not become controlled by a single company -- or a single country."

The full transcript of his testimony can be found here and it is well worth a read.