The Internet at 20.

I find the Internet to be one of the greatest inventions of all time and I have the great privilege of being the same age as it. Reading Tim Berners-Lee's article on the Internet turning 20 was both informative and eye opening.
The thing I found most interesting was his section on the issues of Internet ownership, censoring, and possible lack of online freedoms. The Internet and the World Wide Web was, and still is, designed to have no owner and to enable everyone to get access to information. Now, there are some things that have to be taken into consideration, such as certain explicit material, the selling of body parts, and other things that share an illegal status. Regardless, I have seen many people and governments try to limit what can and cannot be expressed through the web. Egypt is a great example of government opression towards the freedom that the Internet offers, and thankfully, our country has not tried to do anything that extreme, yet. I completly agree that the Internet was made by citizens for their bennifit in all areas of life such as business, information, networking, expression, and entertainment. Mr. Lee has inspired me to have a grearter appreciation for the great network that we, the citizens, have created. When our Internet and free speech rights as citizens are trampled on and are supressed by an overcontrolling government, we need to protect our freedoms the same way we protect the laws our country was founded on. Thanks Tim for the great article!