Forum Moderators: phranque
"The US-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Southampton, UK, will launch the long-term research collaboration that will have a direct influence on the future development of the world wide web.
The Web Science Research Initiative will chart out a research agenda aimed at understanding the scientific, technical and social challenges underlying the growth of the web.
Of particular interest is the growing volume of information on the web that documents more and more aspects of human activity and knowledge.
The project will examine how we access this information and assess its reliability."
I worry this may translate to supressing alternative views and only allowing dominant ideologies. It wouldn't be the first time the establishment has sought to supress dissident opinion, the church's supression of Copernicus and his dissident view that the Earth was not the center of the Universe and more recently the British and American governments' lying over Iraq's weapons of Mass Destruction spring to mind.
Matt
Please explain how you would censor 100 million websites in 141 countries.
