Tim Berners-Lee: we must regulate tech firms to prevent 'weaponised' web The inventor of the world wide web warns over concentration of power among a few companies ‘controlling which ideas are shared’ Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web, has called for large technology firms to be regulated to prevent the web from being “weaponised at scale”. “In recent years, we’ve seen conspiracy theories trend on social media platforms, fake Twitter and Facebook accounts stoke social tensions, external actors interfere in elections, and criminals steal troves of personal data,” Berners-Lee wrote in an open letter marking the 29th anniversary of his invention. [...] continua qui https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/11/tim-berners-lee-tech-comp...