Tim Berners-Lee about the future evolution of the Web
Tim Berners-Lee spoke about several critical issues on the Web:
- Web is the media, which can be very efficient at disseminating false knowledge, fears, cult's visions etc. Tim proposes to rate the web-site based on the trustworthiness
- Web is still accessed by only 20% of the people on Earth. New Web-interfaces should be designed and more support for mobile Web-access should be provided to open it for new audiences.
- Web is supposed to be free, not influenced by large corporations, special interests or biased authorities. Freedom on the Web must be preserved.
Hm... in a way, this contradicts the first point: it can be either free or moderated... anyway.
Tim also spoke about the new World Wide Web Foundation, which will be guiding/promoting/encouraging this trends.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7613201.stm