Internet MkII -- the end of free speech.

[CelloP]

A foundation populated by the giants of business, banking, government and military wants to "vet" websites and limit the spread of information that it says creates "conspiracy theories".

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), fronted by Internet creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee, says it is worried about the way the web has been "used to spread disinformation".

Speaking to the BBC, Berners-Lee said that there needed to be a new system that would give websites a "label for trustworthiness" once they had been proved reliable sources. Only then would the rise of "cult thinking" be avoided according to Berners-Lee.

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[Seán E. Ryan]

They should be careful for what they wish for.

Imagine if the likes of McDonalds had to substantiate its claims.

[digoutday]

There's not a lot they can do about it....

[seabhcan]

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, says it is worried about the way the web has been "used to spread disinformation".

Speaking to the BBC, Berners-Lee said that there needed to be a new system that would give websites a "label for trustworthiness" once they had been proved reliable sources.

Why start with websites? TV stations and newspapers have been spreading disinformation since they began. Where is their "label for trustworthiness"?

[ibis]

And the original story. By the way, if you've never looked up the World Wide Web Consortium (or W3C as they're more familiarly known), these are they. Over the years, I have been used to them setting the various technical web standards. I never thought of them, I admit, as "a foundation populated by the giants of business, banking, government and military", although I'm sure there's a couple amongst their supporters.

Frankly, the Infowars article is the saddest piece of conspiracy theory sh1te I've seen in a long time. Nor, on a minor point of pedantry, did Tim Berners-Lee create the Internet.

[cHeal]

Al Gore created the Internet didn't he?


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[joemomma]

It might be easier just to tag sites as to whether Alex Jones has linked to them or not.

[cHeal]

It might be easier just to tag sites as to whether Alex Jones has linked to them or not.

[KingKane]

And the original story. By the way, if you've never looked up the World Wide Web Consortium (or W3C as they're more familiarly known), these are they. Over the years, I have been used to them setting the various technical web standards. I never thought of them, I admit, as "a foundation populated by the giants of business, banking, government and military", although I'm sure there's a couple amongst their supporters.

Frankly, the Infowars article is the saddest piece of conspiracy theory sh1te I've seen in a long time. Nor, on a minor point of pedantry, did Tim Berners-Lee create the Internet.

It simply sounds a lot like the karma system most of us would like to have here to filter out the wheat from the chaff.

[stewiegriffin]

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