Tim Berners-Lee may feel he created a monster, but there are grounds for optimism

There was a sense of realisation that perhaps the good guys aren’t really good guys after all

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Inventor of World Wide Web calls for 'contract for the web' requiring tech firms to respect data privacy

Paddy Cosgrave claimed via Twitter Enterprise Ireland would not be sending delegation to conference

Some 1,200 speakers expected, including World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee

Conor Pope on the Irish people fighting crime on the internet, and how to protect yourself

Partial win for internet companies after halt to update intended for digital age

Net Results: Two draconian measures will lead to mass surveillance and curb content

Publishers cheer but Green MEP says measures would break the internet

Advanced AI with god-like powers could regard us as annoying bugs. Now that’s a terrifying thought

Net Results: Regulation and legislation vital when we do not own our data as default

British computer scientist’s proposal led to transformation of services and data access

Pricewatch: Things we take completely for granted today would have been unimaginable to consumers 20 years ago

Protecting the user

Web inventor says online political advertising a sophisticated and targeted industry

Net Results: Data surveillance provisions spell more post-Brexit bad news for Irish businesses

Inventor of web says online payment systems are cumbersome so it is time for a solution

Tim Berners-Lee criticises ‘manipulative tactics’ on net neutrality

Many proponents believe Europe’s rules are just semi-net neutral and full of loopholes

There should not be a fast lane and a slow lane for delivery of services to internet users

Even the sanest people become unhinged when it comes to buying and selling

The Insight Centre for Data Analytics aims to give Irish research groups a global reach, says one of its founding directors Prof Stefan Decker

Denmark tops poll while Ethiopia bottom in study measuring web’s contribution to progress

Landmark author argues that digital disruption undermines the traditional approach to social supports

Ted Talks have become a global phenomenon worth €31.7m a year and there’s an offshoot in Tallaght

The US regulator is effectively diluting true net neutrality

Physicist Dr Denis Jennings named pioneer for role in early design and development

Back in the day, most websites were based in academic institutions or university departments

Tim Berners-Lee hopes anniversary will spark conversation about need to defend principles

Society, commerce and individuals have all been transformed by this infrastructure

Twenty-five years ago this month Tim Berners-Lee wrote the proposal for what would become the web

Ken Rogoff says it is not in Europe’s interest for Ireland to grow slowly

Leonard Kleinrock gravely concerned that funding for innovation may be drying up

Could it be that big data, and all the things we build to facilitate it, will in fact paralyse us?

Surveillance revelations open our eyes to inherent threat to society posed by the worldwide web

Who’s exploring the ancient internet? As Cern reconstructs the world’s first website, other web archive projects are trying to retrace our steps through the digital past

Silicon Valley pioneer Jaron Lanier says information should not be free and that digital technology is eroding the middle-class