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Save the Web, Says WWW Inventor, as Tech Giants Agree

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday November 26 2019, @07:43AM   
from the world-wide-wail dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956

Tim Berners-Lee's plan to 'save the web' has been formally launched today and is backed by more than 150 organizations, including Facebook, Google, and Microsoft.

The inventor of the World Wide Web explained back in March his reasons for wanting a 'contract for the web'...

It's 30 years today since Tim Berners-Lee submitted a proposal for what would become the World Wide Web [and] said that the 30th anniversary was a time to reflect on both the positives and negatives [...]

"I think it's been a force for good for the first 15 [years], and right now it's really in the balance. I'm very concerned about nastiness and misinformation spreading. I think with a mid-course correction, the 'contract for the web' is about: let's all stop this downward plunge to a dysfunctional future."

Source: https://9to5mac.com/2019/11/25/save-the-web/

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• erm (Score: 5, Insightful) by MostCynical on Tuesday November 26 2019, @08:07AM

  by MostCynical (2589) on Tuesday November 26 2019, @08:07AM (#924835) Journal

  Save the Web, Says WWW Inventor, as Tech Giants' PR Departments Agree

  FTFY

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