The World Wide Web brings power to the people, rather than to the individual

25 years ago, a British computer scientist sketched a project he called the Distributed Information System. Today, almost three billion people use the network we call the World Wide Web - WWW. But the remaining four billion are still "offline".

Robin Bishvoz is considered lucky. He is one of the few Bangladeshis of his age who has a job in a remote part of that country. And that is extremely unusual for domestic circumstances - he visits one construction site every day. He takes photos of the progress of the works with his phone.

"I heard that they are building a clinic here. We saw some people from Dhaka who asked us if anyone among us uses the Internet. I told them that I have that possibility, and they suggested that I check the construction every day and on e- I email them photos to keep them up to date," says Robin.

Growth in developing countries

This job doesn't bring him much money, but it certainly opened the door to new opportunities.

The number of people using the Internet has grown continuously since its inception. At the end of last year, it reached an estimated 2,7 billion. Growth was also noticeable among developing countries, which was contributed by significant technological development in recent years.

"We have witnessed the development of smartphones and other mobile devices that allow more and more people to use the Internet," says analyst Nino Kader from Spark Digital.

The fact that more than four billion people still do not have access to the web has not been ignored by tech giants like Google. That company is still exploring the idea of ​​sending Internet signals to inaccessible areas, using balloons that would fly 20 kilometers above the ground.

Facebook, too, wants to expand the Internet. He just bought a company that makes high-tech solar-powered aircraft. Apart from private companies, governments are increasingly realizing the power of the web.

WWW brings power to the people

"The World Wide Web brings power to the people, rather than to the individual. But the value of being able to control the Web is so significant that any company or country that is aware of it will try to control the Internet," explains Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web.

It is predicted that by the end of the year there will be more than a billion "online sites". It is the result of technology that anyone can use, without paying for licenses and copyrights.

And that spirit of openness is part of the success of the World Wide Web. And it will likely determine its future, as billions of people, like Robin, will soon join.