Worried about the Web?
The British creator of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has told BBC News he fears that, if the way the Internet is used is left to develop unchecked, “bad things” could happen. So he wants set up a web science research project to study the social implications of the web’s development.
The Web Science Research Initiative will chart out a research agenda aimed at understanding the scientific, technical and social challenges underlying the growth of the web. The US-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Southampton, here in the UK, will launch the long-term research collaboration that will have a direct influence on the future development of the Web.
This sounds like an excellent intiative and I have a long-standing interest in the social implications of the Net as illustrated in these articles.
November 4th, 2006 at 1:27 am
According to the Guardian, Tim Berners-Lee has singled out blogging as one of the biggest perils facing the world wide web — so look out, Roger! Presumably he doesn’t like talk radio, either.
See Creator of web warns of fraudsters and cheats
Nick
November 5th, 2006 at 7:05 pm
In this posting on his blog, Tim Berners-Lee laments the poor reporting by the BBC and “Guardian” and makes clear his suppport for blogging.
November 5th, 2006 at 8:40 pm
Gosh, imagine the BBC and the Guardian distorting a story! What is the world coming to?