Thirtieth birthdays often inspire celebration and introspection in equal measure and this is certainly true of the World Wide Web, which was first proposed by computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee on this day in 1989.
In a blog post commemorating the anniversary, Berners-Lee outlined some of the 30-year-old web’s biggest problems, including:
- Malicious intent, which he said requires new laws (which, in turn, means electing “open web champions” to office)
- Ad-based revenue models that reward misinformation, which he said requires a system redesign to protect human rights, democracy, scientific fact and public safety and for consumers to stop clicking consent without demanding their data rights be respected
- And polarizing online discourse, which he said requires new models to enhance privacy, diversity and security and for consumers to foster constructive, healthy conversations.
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