- Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1990 and published the first website on August 6, 1991 with the address http://info.cern.ch,
- With nothing more than access to the Internet and a web browser, users effortlessly navigate the online world using hyperlinks.
- What is even more significant is that today it enables every individual to become a creator of content, and to publish it.
- Tim Berners-Lee forcefully advocates the publication of vast amounts of data that can be both open and linked, to aid decision-making.
- The only factor that stands in the way of this transformation is the secretive attitude of established power structures, including opaque government