Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, is now fighting for the rights of the netizens he helped to father. Amid growing concerns over data privacy and government spying, he is developing new tools to promote transparency on the internet and defends whistleblower Edward Snowden. "He in fact has played a very important role; he deserves protection", he tells France 24's Marjorie Paillon.
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