Australian Law Could Make Internet 'Unworkable', Says World Wide Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee

Internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee has said Australia's plan to make tech giants pay for journalism could render the internet as we know it 'unworkable.' From a report: The inventor of the World Wide Web claimed that proposed laws could disrupt the established order of the internet. 'Specifically, I am concerned that that code risks breaching a fundamental principle of the web by requiring payment for linking between certain content online,' Berners-Lee told a Senate committee scrutinizing a bill that would create the New Media Bargaining Code. If the code is deployed globally, it could 'make the web unworkable around the world,' he said.

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