Tim Berners-Lee

Tour dates for my book ‘This is for Everyone’ released today. Join me in London Sept 9th, Oxford Sept 10th or Edinburgh Sept 13th.

More on US dates and the rest of the 🌍 soon.
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🙏 @intelligence2.bsky.social @blackwells.bsky.social @portybooks.bsky.social

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From scribbled notes to a global revolution-the personal journey behind the Web’s invention and the unexpected turns along the way. It's both a history and my vision.

This is for Everyone isn’t just a story about technology; it’s about possibility

September 9th, pre-order linktr.ee/thisisforeve...

Join the Solid movement to play a part in building a better Web and global data infrastructure.

Apply for a role on the Solid Advisory Committee below ⬇️

Charlie is the evolution of agentic AI. It's built on top of a re-wired data infrastructure using solidproject.org to give people the security and trust they need to share their data.

With dramatically more personalised results, Charlie will empower users with their own data.

Let’s knock down social media’s walled gardens I envisioned the web as a place for the shared benefit of all — by reclaiming our data we can make that happen

In 2017 I wrote about Charlie - an AI that works for you. @inrupt.bsky.social labs now has Charlie working.

Thanks to the FT for my op-ed online today ⬇️
www.ft.com/content/79d2...

Past as Prologue: Charting the Next Frontier of the Internet At this inflection point in the internet's evolution, we face a critical choice between increasing centralization and the web's original democratic promise.…

Hello Bluesky! We’re excited to share a video from Future House (our collaboration with Human Change at #Davos2025) of the session Past as Prologue: Charting the Next Frontier of the Internet featuring Lady Rosemary Leith, Frank McCourt, and Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

Solid World is for the first time being hosted by @odihq.bsky.social on Monday 24th - join to learn, and be a part of, the Solid Community 🟣

🟣 Join the discussion on Mastodon - w3c.social/@timbl/11392...

7/7 Also heard from other pro-human tech like Polis from @audreyt.org and from Tristan Harris @humanetech.bsky.social at Project Liberty's Future House stage

6/7 Given rapid advancements in AI, it's critical we build on top of good systems. Thank you @mitofficial.bsky.social Dome (one of Davos's coolest stages) for hosting @inrupt.bsky.social to talk about Charlie, an AI that works for you, built on top of the Solid Protocol

www.w3.org/DesignIssues...

5/7 Solidproject.org is part of that good ecosystem - thank you to NLNet, funding Solid Protocol apps that are pro-human and to the @odihq.bsky.social which is coordinating to build new apps and data Pod spaces for science and democracy #solidprotocol

4/7 We need to *build* on the good with *new* better collaborative apps where social apps are interoperable through standards.

www.w3.org/DesignIssues...

3/7 We should also recognise that a lot of the things on the internet are good. The map in my Design Issues note shows the good there is online ⬇️

www.w3.org/DesignIssues...

2/7 Feed manipulation is using addictive algorithms in social media. Embedding addictiveness to these algorithms should be banned ⬇️

www.w3.org/DesignIssues...

Davos 2025: Special address by Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez Spain PM Pedro Sánchez tells Davos that social media is a 'common resource for humanity' that should be 'protected and managed accordingly' for democracy.

1/7 Last week @weforum.org um.org, @pedro-sanchez-archivo.braxuss.eu gave a vital speech about social media - urging leaders to tackle #onlineharms head on ⬇️

www.weforum.org/stories/2025...

Put these 2 together and it’s clear our governments are totally failing us.

1️⃣ 1,700+ fossil fuel lobbyists at the COP29 climate talks.

2️⃣ UN says the fossil fuel industry is running “a massive mis- and disinformation campaign” to delay the transition to clean energy.

Links in reply

#TheWeekinData: ODI and Solid come together
* ODI and Solid come together to give individuals greater control over personal data
* Google going nuclear
* Dodo comes back to life
theodi-748510.hs-sites.com/odi-and-soli...

📢 solidproject.org will have a new organisational home @odihq.bsky.social - pairing policy expertise with pro-human technology to build a global data infrastructure that encourages collaboration, stimulates creativity and fosters compassion - my original hope for the web.

After 15 years of work with Rosemary Leith to make the web more accessible, affordable and a trusted space for all we wind down the Web Foundation to focus on building pro-human systems that respect and empower individuals.
Huge thank you to all involved. webfoundation.org

timbl (@timbl@w3c.social) 3 Posts, 24 Following, 26 Followers ·

Thanks for the feedback. "Tim Berners-Lee, appears not to use fediverse products — ... but neglected to mention either the fediverse or ActivityPub " Both should be fixed. The article www.w3.org/DesignIssues... now mentions AP and Fediverse, and I'm on AP at w3c.social/@timbl

The dysfunction of social networks is a problem we must tackle
www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Dysfunction.html

but remember there are lots of great things on the internet too! www.w3.org/DesignIssues...

Don’t throw away your [kids] phone. Use the good things. #webwewant

Fundamental issues - including shortage of high-quality data - threaten the AI boom Significant weaknesses in the UK’s tech infrastructure threaten the predicted potential gains from AI.

From securing personal data with #SolidPods to leveraging #SmartData for innovation, the ODI's white paper shows why data infrastructure and governance are the bedrock of AI.

theodi.org/news-and-eve...

BOSTON – Today, Inrupt, the leading provider of enterprise-grade software for the web, announced the launch of its Data Wallet. Enterprises and governments use the technology to give their customers and citizens digital wallets for their data, creating a foundation for innovative, intuitive and impactful digital experiences.

As the web shifts towards user empowerment over data, @inrupt.bsky.social's standard, interoperable Data Wallet infrastructure ensures that the benefits of personal Data Wallets are open to everyone.

#Solid #SolidProtocol #DataWallets

www.inrupt.com/blog/data-wa...

An Open Letter to the United Nations

The wonder of the web is that there is no center of control.

That is why I, alongside 36 others, have signed the below open letter to @antonioguterres & @UNTechEnvoy 🖊️ #OpenInternet

open-internet-governance.org/letter

The FCC vote to restore net neutrality is a reassuring and positive step back in the right direction. Thank you 🙏 to all who have campaigned for #netneutrality

docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...

Marking the Web’s 35th Birthday: An Open Letter Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s open letter to mark the occasion of the Web’s 35th Birthday.

My open letter marking the Web’s 35th birthday addresses the erosion of the web’s core values and resulting power imbalances that are influencing transformative technologies, reshaping geopolitics and driving economic shifts. The time to act is now.

👉 medium.com/@timberners_...

Video of Jensen's talk at www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pm2...

"Own your own data. In a world with AI if you don't own your own data someone else will" says Jensen Huang at WGS Dubai. Yes! @inrupt.bsky.social does just that, providing individual data empowerment through Personal Online Data stores (PODs) generating value for individuals, orgs & gov’s.