Berners-Lee, credited with creating the web in 1989, told a Washington Post event he is committed to working on solutions to rampant problems plaguing the online world. His comments come amid events marking the 30th anniversary of the web and growing fears that it has been hijacked for nefarious purposes. Berners-Lee stepped up his call to join the “contract,” a project unveiled last November, that would bring together governments, tech firms and others to establish principles for online governance. “You can’t just outlaw fake news, it’s much more complicated,” he said in an on-stage interview at the Post headquarters. “Solid is going to be a ubiquitous data storage system that will give people control of their data,” he said.

Source: The Express Tribune March 05, 2019 17:37 UTC