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