Tim Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web. Now He Wants to Save It
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The article discusses Tim Berners-Lee's efforts to 'save' the World Wide Web from issues like data privacy and corporate control, sparking discussion on the web's future and the role of its inventor.
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It certainly doesn't help that the journalist wrote more words on kayaking than trying to get Berners-Lee to square the circle of wanting data sovereignty AND as much data on the web as possible.
https://www.theregister.com/2017/03/06/berners_lee_web_drm_w...
For fucks sake.