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World Business Report: Web inventor warns on surveillance and censorship

22/11/2013

Web inventor warns on surveillance and censorship

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Web inventor warns on surveillance and censorship

Tim Berners-Lee says internet freedom is increasingly threatened by state interference.

The founder of the world world web, Tim Berners-Lee, says that the democratic potential of the internet is being undermined by surveillance and censorship by nation states. We hear how a third of all countries block or filter political content - and Tim Berners-Lee tells us how he supports Edward Snowden's whistleblowing. Also an inquest in London hears how an intern died after working gruelling hours at investment bank Merrill Lynch. And it's the 50th anniversary of BBC science fiction hit Dr Who - we hear how the franchise has captivated fans worldwide.

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