Biography Flash: Tim Berners-Lee Fights Big Tech With Solid Protocol While Touring for New Memoir

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Right now, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is on a whirlwind tour promoting his memoir This is For Everyone, the unfinished story of the World Wide Web. Just days ago at the Jaipur Literary Festival, as Business Standard reports, he pitched his Solid protocol—thats Social Linked Data—to India, saying it could empower everyday users to control their personal data like never before. He even revealed a fresh Saturday phone chat with Pramod Varma, architect of Indias Aadhaar and UPI systems, geeking out over digital payment architecture. Picture the webs dad brainstorming with Indias tech wizards—pure biographical gold for his fight against big tech data grabs.

The New Yorker just dropped a riveting profile on his quest to reclaim the open web via Solid and his Inrupt company, where hes coding at 70 to build personal data pods and ethical AI like Charlie, your loyal digital butler, not Big Techs spy. No major headlines in the last 24 hours, but buzz is building around his packed Aussie down-under schedule: hell chat future innovation at Brisbane Powerhouse on Thursday January 29, then headline Sydney Opera House on January 30 with University of Sydneys Mark Scott, both drawing from the memoir to tackle AI deepfakes and data sovereignty.

Social media echoes his fire—podcasts like Future Knowledge replay his 2025 Internet Archive Hero Award talk with Brewster Kahle, where Peter Gabriel even sent congrats for archiving a trillion web pages. TechXplore highlights his call for governments and consumers to back data ownership, warning Big Techs grip could weaponize AI. No unconfirmed gossip here, just verified moves signaling Tims long-game legacy: decentralizing power before its too late.

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