What's very important from my point of view is that there is one web … Anyone that tries to chop it into two will find that their piece looks very boring.

I want to know if I look up a whole lot of books about some form of cancer that that's not going to get to my insurance company and I'm going to find my insurance premium is going to go up by 5% because they've figured I'm looking at those books.

It's time to recognise the internet as a basic human right. That means guaranteeing affordable access for all, ensuring internet packets are delivered without commercial or political discrimination, and protecting the privacy and freedom of web users regardless of where they live.

It was the academic community who wired up their universities so it was put together by smart, well-meaning people who thought it was a good idea.

The Google algorithm was a significant development. I've had thank-you emails from people whose lives have been saved by information on a medical website or who have found the love of their life on a dating website.

It was really hard explaining the Web before people just got used to it because they didn't even have words like click and jump and page.

I hope we will use the Net to cross barriers and connect cultures.