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The [founder / finder] of the Internet, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has spoken about his creation 25 years after he helped to [perceive / conceive] it. He said it has been a [force / forceful] for good, but it also has a negative side. Mr Berners-Lee was speaking to the BBC at London's Science Museum. He said: "Everywhere I look I see a [massive / mass] of energy, a huge amount of energy, and also in [same / some] places, they are using the web for organised protests against oppressive [regimens / regimes] ." He also lamented the [growing / growth] use of the Internet for trolling and negativity. He said: "It's [stuttering / staggering] to me that people who must have been brought up like anybody [more / else] will suddenly become very polarised in their opinions and will suddenly become very [hateful / hated] instead of very loving."

Berners-Lee was at the Science Museum to [view / scene] an important part of Internet history. The museum will [home / house] the server that [hasted / hosted] the first ever website. It is part of a new [exhibited / exhibition] called the Information Age. The machine still has a [reminder / remainder] on it written by Berners-Lee that warns: "This machine is a server. Do not power it down." Berners-Lee is [present / currently] the director of an organisation called the World Wide Web Consortium, which [oversees / overviews] the Web's [continuance / continued] development. Talking about the future of the Internet, he said: "Maybe we will be able to build web-based tools that help us keep people on the [path / alley] of collaborating rather than fighting." He hopes the Web will remain "a [medium / normal] for positive change".