Sunday, November 05, 2006
Berners-Lee complains
He singles out the rise of blogging as one of the most difficult areas for the continuing development of the Web, because of the risks associated with inaccurate, defamatory and uncheckable information.
IMO: Only too true, unfortunately. Individuals bring the greatest hope for truthful talk and useful but hidden information. But people are not in a position to check each source carefully, nor does it always suit them to do so. Far more important than any of their errors are the intentional lies told by large firms and Governments, like the UK and US govts and large telecoms companies. I already refer to such firms here.
IMO: Only too true, unfortunately. Individuals bring the greatest hope for truthful talk and useful but hidden information. But people are not in a position to check each source carefully, nor does it always suit them to do so. Far more important than any of their errors are the intentional lies told by large firms and Governments, like the UK and US govts and large telecoms companies. I already refer to such firms here.
# posted by uv : 5:28 AM
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