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Tim Berners-Lee has been front and center in both technology news and public discussions over the past few days, making headlines for his outspoken critiques of social media algorithms and the future trajectory of the web. According to ITV News and coverage from their BAFTA-nominated morning show, Berners-Lee argued with characteristic candor that addictive algorithms running social platforms should be made illegal. He went so far as to say these systems are designed to provoke negative emotion, specifically rage, just to keep users glued to their screens, calling for new legal safeguards to prevent such exploitation—especially targeting the vulnerable, like children. Berners-Lee advocated for smartphones that could allow restricted access for kids, giving them educational tools like Wikipedia, but shielding them from manipulative algorithmic feeds.

Simultaneously, the global conversation on data rights and internet freedoms has marked Berners-Lee as a reference point. As highlighted by Euronews Next, his vision for a rights-based, user-empowering web has resurfaced in light of Nepal’s controversial social media crackdown, echoing his longtime warnings about government overreach and the decline in global online freedoms.

Literary circles are buzzing with the release of Berners-Lee’s new memoir, “This Is for Everyone,” which dropped just yesterday according to Booklist and Moneycontrol. The memoir is part history, part manifesto. He recounts donating the intellectual property behind the web to the public domain, a radical move at CERN to ensure the web remained free and open for all. He is unwavering in his criticism of concentration of data by tech giants and uses the book to lay out his vision for reclaiming individual agency on the web. The final sections focus on AI’s future and introduce Solid, his latest web decentralization protocol developed at MIT. Solid’s aim is to revolutionize data ownership, giving everyone a personal digital wallet—sometimes called a pod—fully under user control rather than being monopolized by platforms through his company Inrupt.

In culture, Berners-Lee continues to appear in interviews discussing both personal history and ethical implications, most recently on ABC News Breakfast. He candidly describes his frustration leading to the creation of the web—reminding interviewers that technology must be crafted to serve humanity, not the reverse.

On social media, Berners-Lee’s posts are amplified by the World Wide Web Consortium, sharing milestones in setting universal web standards and encouraging active debate about privacy, dignity, and the next phase of digital sovereignty.

No major business ventures or acquisitions have been reported for Berners-Lee in the last 24 hours, but the momentum behind Solid and Inrupt continues as discussed in Silicon Valley circles. Notably, no speculative or unconfirmed rumors are circulating about his personal finances or executive moves.

If you have just tuned in, these events signal a biographical moment for Berners-Lee: a renewed push for ethical web development, a strong literary debut, and vocal activism in the face of digital authoritarianism. Thanks for listening. Subscribe to never miss an update on Tim Berners-Lee and search the term Biography Flash for more great biographies.

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