{"id":7294,"date":"2017-04-19T07:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=7294"},"modified":"2017-03-15T08:40:14","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T16:40:14","slug":"future-of-the-internet-misinformation-and-loss-of-control-of-personal-data-pose-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/future-of-the-internet-misinformation-and-loss-of-control-of-personal-data-pose-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Future of the Internet: Misinformation and Loss of Control of Personal Data Pose Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twenty-eight years after proposing <\/a>and then prototyping the internet,\u00a0Sir Tim Berners-Lee has posted a warning about dangers that are\u00a0potentially destabilizing the technology.<\/p>\n

His three main worries <\/a>are:<\/p>\n

Loss of control of personal data<\/strong>
\nConsumers have lost control of their personal data, giving it up to online businesses and social networks, undermining individual freedoms.<\/p>\n

Fake news<\/strong>
\nIt has become too easy for people with ill intentions to spread misinformation for financial or political gain<\/p>\n

Lack of regulation around political advertising<\/strong>
\nSocial and online platforms have made it too easy for political campaigns to target individuals\u00a0and to sometimes says conflicting or completely different things to different groups.<\/p>\n

Berners-Lee said that “I may have invented the web, but all of you have helped to create what it is today. All the blogs, posts, tweets, photos, videos, applications, web pages and more represent the contributions of millions of you around the world building our online community. It has taken all of us to build the web we have, and now it is up to all of us to build the web we want \u2013 for everyone.”<\/p>\n

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Twenty-eight years after proposing and then prototyping the internet,\u00a0Sir Tim Berners-Lee has posted a warning about dangers that are\u00a0potentially destabilizing the technology. His three main worries are: Loss of control of personal data Consumers have lost control of their personal…<\/span><\/p>\n

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