Berners-Lee warned of “two myths” that “limit our collective imagination” when looking for solutions to the problems facing the web: “The myth that advertising is the only possible business model for online companies,

Su questo non mi preoccuperei troppo... le compagnie stesse si stanno accorgendo di fenomeni come la https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner_blindness Poco ho trovato invece su un'altro fenomeno, la cosiddetta Ads Adversion: più provi a vendermi una cosa (o un'idea), più riduci la probabilità che io la compri. Il fatto che io abbia trovato poco a riguardo può avere in effetti molte spiegazioni. Probabilmente ho cercato male!

and* the myth that it’s too late to change the way platforms operate.* On both points we need to *be a little more creative*,” he said.

Già. Anche solo un pochino di fantasia aiuterebbe! :-) Giacomo 2018-03-12 8:24 GMT+01:00 gianlucaquaglia@gmail.com < gianlucaquaglia@gmail.com>:

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. [...]

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/11/tim-berne rs-lee-tech-companies-regulations

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