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Berners-Lee Wants Truth Ratings For Websites

Posted by timothy on from the that's-a-lie dept.

holy_calamity writes "While introducing the new World Wide Web Foundation Tim Berners-Lee made also asked for a system of ratings to help people distinguish truth and untruth online. 'On the web the thinking of cults can spread very rapidly,' he said, saying 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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  1. Re:Just what we need... by d3ac0n · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Which, if I am correct, was Colbert's mock against the "9/11 truth" movement. Please excuse me for not crediting Colbert, it wasn't really the topic of my post.

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  2. Unclear on the concept, or just an arrogant ass? by Duncan+Blackthorne · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    This Tim Berners-Lee needs a reality check, one way or the other.

    Who the hell gets to decide what's "truth" and what isn't? I have a word for what he wants to do: CENSORSHIP.

    If on the other hand he's just naive? Get a clue, son. If your critical-thinking skills are so non-existant that you can't judge for yourself, then perhaps you don't deserve "the truth". Either way: there are enough damned "net-nannies" in the world, we don't need any more of them and we sure as HELL don't need anyone trying to impose some half-assed ratings system for web content. I mod Mr. Berners-Less down to "-1,Full_of_Shit".