Internet must remain neutral, says Sir Tim Berners-Lee Access to data online must not be limited, founder of the world wide web tells Nokia World conference * Charles Arthur <http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/charlesarthur> * guardian.co.uk <http://www.guardian.co.uk/>, Wednesday 15 September 2010 12.48 BST Mobile operators and internet <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/internet> service providers must not be allowed to break the principle of "net neutrality <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/net-neutrality>" -- that there should be no favouritism for connecting to certain sites online -- Sir Tim Berners-Lee <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/timbernerslee>, the inventor of the world wide web, warned today. He also said that low-cost mobile phones <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/mobilephones> with a data connection were essential to ensure that the 80% of people who are not yet connected to the web could benefit from its ability to bring new information. Berners-Lee suggested that concerns over privacy and the sharing of personal data will mean that businesses will have to improve their ability to segment the use of user-specific data such as addresses and where people are using their phones. On net neutrality -- which has become a major talking point in the US, especially as Google appears to have ceded the principle to some of the major mobile carriers there -- Berners-Lee was adamant that it must remain a founding principle of the internet. [...] Continua qui: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/sep/15/net-neutrality-tim-berners-...