NOBILO: There's a warning of a digital dystopia if threats like disinformation and privacy aren't sorted out. And the man making that warning should know, because he invented the World Wide Web. Tim Berners-Lee says if the world fails to defend the free and open web it risks a digital dystopia of "entrenched inequality and abuse of rights." He's drawn up a so-called contract for the web, a set of initiatives urging governments companies and individuals to stem the rise of online threats. And it seems like powerful people all listening. Google, Microsoft and Facebook say that they're all on board as was the governments of Germany France and Ghana. We all use the Internet, and some of you watching, are watching us on the Internet right now. It's changed our life. But if the man who came up with the worldwide web is ringing the alarm now, it's probably time for the rest of us stood up and listened. That's the THE BRIEF, I'm Bianca Nobilo. World Sport is next.
World Wide Web Founder Warns Of Digital Dystopia.