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“I Was Devastated”: The Man Who Created the World Wide Web Has Some Regrets

“I Was Devastated”: The Man Who Created the World Wide Web Has Some Regrets (The Hive)

Tim Berners-Lee has seen his creation debased by everything from fake news to mass surveillance. But he’s got a plan to fix it.

An expose on Tim Berners Lee in Vanity Fair. The piece describes Berners-Lee invention of the World Wide Web and his recent work with Solid to re-decentralize the web. For now, the Solid technology is still new and not ready for the masses. But the vision, if it works, could radically change the existing power dynamics of…