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.

Forming of a web of information nodes rather than a hierarchical tree or an ordered list is the basic concept behind HyperText.

As more and more people awaken to the threats against our basic rights online, we must start a debate - everywhere - about the web we want.

What I do has to be a function of what I can do, not a function of what people ask me to do.

In many ways, people growing up with the Web and now the Semantic Web take the power at their fingertips for granted.

Imagine that everything you are typing is being read by the person you are applying to for your first job. Imagine that it's all going to be seen by your parents and your grandparents and your grandchildren as well.

My own personal preference is that the consumer, the individual person should be protected because individual people and the difference between individual people and the diversity we have between people on the planet is so important.