Tim Berners-Lee says too many young people are excluded from web

In a letter to mark 32 years of the internet, its founder says getting 2.2 billion fully online must be a priority

Too many young people around the world are excluded from accessing the internet, and getting them online should be a priority for the post-Covid era, Tim Berners-Lee has said.

In a letter published to mark the 32nd birthday of the web, its founder says the opportunity “to reimagine our world and create something better” in the aftermath of Covid-19 must be channelled to getting internet access to the third of people aged between 15 and 24 who are offline.

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