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"One pillar of the contract is treating the web as a basic right for everyone, an idea that is far from reality today."
Berners-Lee said the system has since been designed with "perverse" incentives, which he sees as the second source of dysfunction in the web today. He singled out ad-based revenue models, used by many tech giants like Google and Facebook, that reward "clickbait and the viral spread of misinformation." The web's inventor has previously attacked big tech companies including Facebook, Google and Twitter for exploiting people's personal data.
"Companies must do more to ensure their pursuit of short-term profit is not at the expense of human rights, democracy, scientific fact or public safety," he said in the letter Monday.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/11/tim...s-dysfunctional-with-perverse-incentives.html
Berners-Lee said the system has since been designed with "perverse" incentives, which he sees as the second source of dysfunction in the web today. He singled out ad-based revenue models, used by many tech giants like Google and Facebook, that reward "clickbait and the viral spread of misinformation." The web's inventor has previously attacked big tech companies including Facebook, Google and Twitter for exploiting people's personal data.
"Companies must do more to ensure their pursuit of short-term profit is not at the expense of human rights, democracy, scientific fact or public safety," he said in the letter Monday.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/11/tim...s-dysfunctional-with-perverse-incentives.html
