bofors Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), fronted by Internet creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee, says it is worried about the way the web has been "used to spread disinformation". Speaking to the BBC, Berners-Lee said that there needed to be a new system that would give websites a "label for trustworthiness" once they had been proved reliable sources. Only then would the rise of "cult thinking" be avoided according to Berners-Lee. "On the web the thinking of cults can spread very rapidly and suddenly a cult which was 12 people who had some deep personal issues suddenly find a formula which is very believable," Berners-Lee said. "A sort of conspiracy theory of sorts and which you can imagine spreading to thousands of people and being deeply damaging." Deeply damaging to who? one might ask. The answer is revealed in the list of The World Wide Web Consortium’s 400 plus members, the cream of the corporate world in conjunction with government agencies such as National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and military entities like the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). Berners-Lee cites two examples of such "disinformation" or "conspiracy theories" in his interview with the BBC, both of which speak volumes about the aims and goals of this elite consortium: http://www.infowars.com/?p=4555 Perhaps "Sir Tim" would be happier in China: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Shield_Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameris_cyning Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Umm, I would consider this a piece of text taken out of context. He is not advocating censorship, but a special label to show that the site is reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakine Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Umm, I would consider this a piece of text taken out of context. He is not advocating censorship, but a special label to show that the site is reliable. I can see it now, InsanelyMac would be labeled as unreliable information. Then what site would I go to, to get reliable information to maintain my hackintosh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameris_cyning Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 I can see it now, InsanelyMac would be labeled as unreliable information. Then what site would I go to, to get reliable information to maintain my hackintosh. And how is this site reliable to begin with? All we have is a bunch of hackers attempting to get hardware to work. This place isn't 100% correct, along with the rest of OSx86 sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudecuda Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 I can see it now, InsanelyMac would be labeled as unreliable information. Then what site would I go to, to get reliable information to maintain my hackintosh. That is funny on so many levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.I.S.S. Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Something recommended by the cream of the corporate world in conjunction with government agencies and military entities looks like "highly unreliable"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxintosh Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Great idea! Way too much misinformation spread on the Internet. The Internet is a great communications tool, but it should be used to help people, not make them dumber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant0ne Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I enjoy my misinformation, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I vote to keep the government out of our intertubes. I think the smarter among us can decide what is real information or complete or total BS. If someone is stupid enough to think that something idiotic is, indeed, correct, then maybe they deserve to be tricked. I usually am in favor of government interference is some aspects of our lives, but the internet isn't one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant0ne Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 ... I usually am in favor of government interference is some aspects of our lives, but the internet isn't one of them. Seconded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InteliMac Pro Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Something recommended by the cream of the corporate world in conjunction with government agencies and military entities looks like "highly unreliable"... Also seconded. I don't think anybody believes that governments, military entities or corporate entities are the ideal people to be telling us what is reliable or trustworthy. People who want to fall for misinformation can either wake up or continue to be stupid. Censorship of any information is a slippery slope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostgame Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 bofors, *please* stop putting your messages in bold/underline/etc, it's very annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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