World Wide Web Inventor Wants Online Freedom

The founder of the world wide web has called for safeguards to prevent his invention being controlled by governments or large companies.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee's warning came as he and five colleagues were recognised by the Queen for their pioneering work.

Asked about claims made by fugitive American whistleblower Edward Snowden that governments have accessed people's online communications, the scientist said the internet should not be "undercut".

"The original design for the web of 24 years ago was for a universal space," he said. "We didn't have a particular computer, browser or language in mind.

"When you make something universal ... it can be used for good things or nasty things.

Sir Tim receives his engineering award from the Queen

"We just have to make sure it's not undercut by any large companies or governments trying to use it and get total control."

Together with Robert Khan, Vint Cerf, Louis Pouzin and Marc Andreessen, Sir Tim was awarded the inaugural £1m Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering at a reception at Buckingham Palace.

Their work in establishing the internet - a network of interconnected computer systems - and later interlinked web pages accessed via the internet has revolutionised communication.

The Queen said their achievements had "completely changed" aspects of modern life, adding: "The internet and the world wide web have brought the world and its people together in ways we could not have imagined 60, or even 30, years ago."

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