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Sir Timothy Berners-Lee was born on June 8, 1955 in London. Almost 30 years ago he drew up his plans for a global hypertext information sharing system while at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN. He invented the World Wide Web and the language on which it is based – HTML (HyperText Markup Language). The World Wide Web was conceived as an open platform through which people could exchange information, regardless of geographic or cultural borders. Today Berners-Lee continues to campaign for an Open Web. He is Director of the World Wide Web Consortium, the World Wide Web Foundation as well as a Professor at both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Oxford University.

“His challenge was to overcome borders and bring people together. Sir Timothy Berners-Lee found a solution and at the same time laid the foundation for nothing less than a radical transformation of our world.”

Mathias Döpfner CEO Axel Springer SE

“With courage and a clear attitude”: Shoshana Zuboff receives the 2019 Axel Springer Award

Laudation by Ursula von der Leyen / Awards ceremony in the Axel Springer Journalists Club in Berlin Shoshana Zuboff, the US economics scholar and author (“The Age of Surveillance Capitalism”), received the 2019 Axel Springer Award on the evening of November 7, 2019. The long-standing critic of a data-driven internet economy accepted the prize in person […]

Shoshana Zuboff to receive the 2019 Axel Springer Award

The award ceremony will be held on November 7, 2019 at the Axel Springer Journalists’ Club in Berlin The 2019 Axel Springer Award will be presented to Shoshana Zuboff. With the award, Axel Springer is honoring the work of the American scholar and author (“The Age of Surveillance Capitalism”) for her many years of scholarly critical […]