Tim Berners-Lee urges Britain to fight 'snooper's charter'

Inventor of world wide web also advised developing world to 'just say no' to Facebook's Internet.org scheme

Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, has urged Britons to fight the government's plans to extend the country's surveillance powers, and act as a worldwide leader for promoting good governance on the web.

Berners-Lee said Britain had "lost the moral leadership" on privacy and surveillance, following the revelations of the former National Security Agency contractor, Edward Snowden.