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Re:Tim Berners-Lee unveils plan to save the web by woodandsteel on Sunday November 24, 2019 @07:34PM (#21624564)
I like the principles, but I am pessimistic he can persuade the tech companies and many of the governments (China, Russia, Iran, for instance) to adopt them. That's because they have such strong motivations to keep things as they are, and even make them worse.
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Re:Tim Berners-Lee unveils plan to save the web by lggdn on Sunday November 24, 2019 @10:24PM (#21625197)
Why single out China, Russia, Iran?

> That's because they have such strong motivations to keep things as they are, and even make them worse.

And the EU, Britain, US, etc don't?

I know it's hard to believe, the leader of internet censorship isn't in China, Russia or Iran. It's in europe.

"Germany’s Online Crackdowns Inspire the World’s Dictators"

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/06/germany-online-crackdow...

And the leaders of tech censorship isn't in China, it's in the US since major tech companies are in the US.

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Re:Tim Berners-Lee unveils plan to save the web by sadness2 on Monday November 25, 2019 @05:04AM (#21626759)
> And the leaders of tech censorship isn't in China, it's in the US since major tech companies are in the US.

This is like saying Iran is the biggest polluter because they produce oil.

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