Berners-Lee Warns Against Facebook "Fragmenting" The Web
The "father" of the Web sends a plea to Facebook, Apple, and others to stop "walling off" information.
The “father” of the Web sends a plea to Facebook, Apple, and others to stop “walling off” information.
In this month’s Scientific American, out today, Tim Berners-Lee publishes a thoughtful essay about the big service-oriented companies that are threatening the true democratic potential of the Web. Ironically, one of the main players to blame are social networking sites.
How is Facebook fragmenting the “universality” and “decentralization” principles of the Web? Well, my friends, it all comes down to profit and competition.
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