Tim Berners-Lee launches Google and Facebook-backed plan to fix the web

guest · Nov 25, 2019

Tim Berners-Lee launches Google and Facebook-backed plan to fix the web
The Contract for the Web includes nine principles for a better internet
November 25, 2019
https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/25...rners-lee-google-facebook-principles-techlash

Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, has officially launched the Contract for the Web, a set of principles designed to “fix” the internet and prevent us from sliding into a “digital dystopia,” The Guardian reports.
The contract lists nine core principles for governments, companies, and individuals to adhere to, including responsibilities to provide affordable, reliable internet access and to respect civil discourse and human dignity.

It’s not that we need a 10-year plan for the web, we need to turn the web around now,” Berners-Lee told The Guardian. The Contract, which includes 72 clauses alongside its nine principles, offers a shared vision for the web that Berners-Lee’s Web Foundation wants to see built, as well as a roadmap for action. Finally, it also provides a tool to try and hold companies and governments to account.

“The forces taking the web in the wrong direction have always been very strong,” Berners-Lee told The Guardian, noting that it will be vital for citizens to hold governments and companies to account if the situation is to improve.
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guest · Dec 24, 2019

Why the Wikimedia Foundation has not signed on to the Contract for the Web
December 23, 2019
https://wikimediafoundation.org/new...as-not-signed-on-to-the-contract-for-the-web/

In November 2019, Tim Berners-Lee and the Web Foundation launched the Contract for the Web, a set of rules designed to address the challenges facing digital communication and participation— from threats to online privacy and security to connectivity and digital inclusion.
The Foundation has not yet signed on to the Contract and we’d like to address why.

We chose not to sign the Contract at this time because we still have open questions about how the Contract will be implemented to maximize its impact. In particular, we are exploring how each signatory will be held accountable to these commitments.
Active reporting, transparency, and clear indicators for progress are critical to ensuring the implementation of the Contract for the Web. However, it will take clear, direct, and enforceable systems to ensure we’re all contributing to a better internet for everyone.
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Reality · Dec 24, 2019

Fix the web? NO WAY! When two of the most hideous privacy invading monsters back something like this, you'd better know this is the slippery slope about to hit the deep end.

Rasheed187 · Dec 26, 2019

Reality said: ↑

Fix the web? NO WAY! When two of the most hideous privacy invading monsters back something like this, you'd better know this is the slippery slope about to hit the deep end.
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LOL good point. Before trying to fix the web, companies like Google and Facebook should fix themselves!

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