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Global action is required to tackle the web's "downward plunge to a dysfunctional future", its inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has told the BBC.He made the comments in an exclusive interview to mark 30 years since he submitted his proposal for the web.Sir Tim said people had realised how their data could be "manipulated" after the Cambridge Analytica scandal.However, he said he felt problems such as data breaches, hacking and misinformation could be tackled.In an open letter also published on Monday, the web's creator acknowledged that many people doubted the web could be a force for good.He had his own anxieties about the web's future, he told the BBC: "I'm very concerned about nastiness and misinformation spreading."But he said he...

Officially, Sir Tim Berners-Lee doesn't have a favourite website. When you're the creator of the World Wide Web, he says, "You can't." "'What's your favourite website?' was the first question everybody asked," he says. "Sorry, I don't have one."But, even if he's too honourable to show even a hint of favouritism, Sir Tim does occasionally have preferences.One app he especially liked was an activity tracker called Moves, which he used to see what he'd been doing in his journeys round from his home in Massachusetts, where he is a professor of computer science.Then, in 2014, Moves was bought by Facebook - meaning Sir Tim's data now potentially belonged to the world's biggest social network.And then, earlier this year, Facebook shut down Moves. There was no appeal. Facebook simp...

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Tim Berners-Lee: 'Stop web's downward plunge to dysfunctional future'

Sir Tim Berners-Lee wants 'revolution' against data misuse