1997: TIM BERNERS-LEE warns the WEB could DIVIDE US | HARDtalk | Past Predictions | BBC Archive

"Do you think it's the creation of a monster?"

Father of the internet, Tim Berners-Lee is interviewed by Tim Sebastian about the World Wide Web.

He discusses its origin, the fact he didn't make any money from his invention and the risks of extremist 'cultural potholes' developing online, whereby people would only be exposed to views the same as their own.

Clip taken from HARDtalk, originally broadcast on BBC World News, Wednesday 10 December, 1997.




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