Berners-Lee says WWW needs bolstering against malicious cyberattacks,dysfunction

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Three sources of dysfunction must be addressed, Berners-Lee wrote in an open letter: “deliberate, malicious intent, such as state-sponsored hacking and attacks, criminal behaviour, and online harassment; system design that creates perverse incentives where user value is sacrificed, such as ad-based revenue models that commercially reward clickbait and the viral spread of misinformation; [and] unintended negative consequences of benevolent design, such as the outraged and polarised tone and quality of online discourse.”

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