TIM BERNERS LEE. GENEROUS FOUNDER OF THE INTERNET.

L’homme qui a inventé le Web… et refusé d’être trillionnaire.

En 1989, Internet existe, mais il est inutilisable.
Les ordinateurs ne communiquent pas.
Les chercheurs échangent encore des disquettes.

Au CERN, un ingénieur discret en a assez du chaos : Tim Berners-Lee.

Il crée trois choses simples :
• HTML pour écrire
• URL pour trouver
• HTTP pour connecter

En 1990, le World Wide Web fonctionne.

En 1993, son rival Gopher devient payant.
Tim fait le choix inverse.

👉 Il rend le Web gratuit, ouvert, accessible à tous.

Il aurait pu breveter.
Faire payer chaque clic.
Devenir l’homme le plus riche de l’histoire.

Il ne l’a pas fait.

Résultat aujourd’hui :
• +1 milliard de sites
• Des trillions de dollars créés
• Google, Amazon, YouTube, Facebook

Tim Berners-Lee n’a pas voulu posséder le futur.
Il a voulu que tout le monde puisse le construire.

---------------------- over their personal data. 

Tim Berners Lee Today? - Google Search

As of early 2026, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is actively working to reshape the internet to be more secure and user-centric, focusing on data privacy, combating harmful algorithms, and regulat

Key Roles and Initiatives in 2026:

• Inrupt & Solid: Leading efforts to decentralize the web, allowing users to store data in personal "pods" rather than on corporate servers.
• AI Regulation: Advocating for a "CERN for AI" to ensure safety and ethical development, warning that current AI development lacks necessary collaborative oversight

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• Web Safety: Promoting "The Other Phone," a device designed to protect children from harmful social media, and calling for accountability for addictive, harmful algorithms.
Academic & Advisory Roles: He continues as a professor at MIT CSAIL and Oxford University, and is a board member of the Proton Foundation.
Advocacy: He remains a vocal proponent for an open, free web, recently releasing a memoir titled This is for Everyone. 

Berners-Lee continues to reside in the UK/USA and is regarded as a major figure in digital ethics and the fight against "Big Tech" surveillance and data monopolization.  Roles and Initiatives in 2026:

• Inrupt & Solid: Leading efforts to decentralize the web, allowing users to store data in personal "pods" rather than on corporate servers.
• AI Regulation: Advocating for a "CERN for AI" to ensure safety and ethical development, warning that current AI development lacks necessary collaborative oversight

  .

• Web Safety: Promoting "The Other Phone," a device designed to protect children from harmful social media, and calling for accountability for addictive, harmful algorithms.
Academic & Advisory Roles: He continues as a professor at MIT CSAIL and Oxford University, and is a board member of the Proton Foundation.
Advocacy: He remains a vocal proponent for an open, free web, recently releasing a memoir titled This is for Everyone. 

Berners-Lee continues to reside in the UK/USA and is regarded as a major figure in digital ethics and the fight against "Big Tech" surveillance and data monopolization.