Web Inventor Calls for Government Data Transparency

Countries should be judged on their willingness to open up public data to their citizens, the inventor of the world wide web has told the BBC. He said openness of data and the neutrality of the network should be considered as important as free speech. Sir Tim Berners-Lee is an advisor to a UK project — data.gov.uk — that offers reams of previously hidden public sector data for anyone to use. Open data could now be considered a basic right of citizens, he added