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I invented the web. Here are three things we need to change to save it | Tim Berners-Lee

“It’s too easy for misinformation to spread on the web

Today, most people find news and information on the web through just a handful of social media sites and search engines. These sites make more money when we click on the links they show us. And they choose what to show us based on algorithms that learn from our personal data that they are constantly harvesting. The net result is that these sites show us content they think we’ll click on – meaning that misinformation, or fake news, which is surprising, shocking, or designed to appeal to our biases, can spread like wildfire. And through the use of data science and armies of bots, those with bad intentions can game the system to spread misinformation for financial or political gain.”

I invented the web. Here are three things we need to change to save it | Tim Berners-Lee
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/11/tim-berners-lee-web-inventor-save-internet
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