Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, told the UK Guardian in an interview published Wednesday that he too opposes CISPA, a new cybersecurity bill moving through the U.S. House of Representatives. As Berners-Lee put it:
“[It] is threatening the rights of people in America, and effectively rights everywhere, because what happens in America tends to affect people all over the world. Even though the Sopa and Pipa acts were stopped by huge public outcry, it’s staggering how quickly the US government has come back with a new, different, threat to the rights of its citizens.”