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Internet creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee is worried about his own creation |
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Written by Team Josh
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 |
Internet creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee worries over the spread of disinformation on Internet.
Talking about the recent project undertaken by researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Berners-Lee said that he was particularly concerned about the use of the Internet to spread fears that flicking the switch on the LHC could create a Black Hole that could swallow up the Earth.
He also expressed worries over the spread of recent rumors that the MMR vaccine given to children in Britain was harmful.
Berners-Lee has helped created the World Wide Web Foundation that will vet websites, and certify whether they have been found to be trustworthy and a reliable source of information.
He said that that there needed to be new systems that would give websites a label for trustworthiness once they had been proved reliable sources.
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