Founder of the World Wide Web (WWW), one of the basic building blocks of the Internet Tim Berners-Leeher husband is a businessman Rosemary Leith in 2009 together with World Wide Web Foundation had established. This organization, a non-profit organization, uses the Internet more reliable and accessible He fought for fifteen years to make this happen.

However, in a statement on the site, Tim Berners-Lee and Rosemary Leith the organization is closing They explained. They also provided information about the reason.

The organization has largely achieved its founding goal, now a new challenge lies ahead

When the WWW Foundation was first founded, just over 20% of the world had access to the Internet. The number of organizations trying to change this was quite small. However, today internet access above 70% The number of such organizations working to increase production and accessibility and make it more affordable has skyrocketed.

Both founders indicated in their statements that they were interested in establishing the organization. The goal has largely been achieved they stated. They thanked those who have worked with them over the years to make great strides in access and affordability, and expressed confidence that other organizations will take on their responsibilities.

The duo says that they now face a brand new challenge and they will compete against it. Social media business model commoditizes user data and concentrates power on platforms they state. They add that to counter this threat, they will disband their own organizations and focus on decentralized technologies.

Their current goal is It gives individuals back the power and control over their data will be. Tim Berners-Lee has even developed a system called Solid Protocol, which allows people to securely store their data in a decentralized data store called Pod.