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The Guardian report sounds optimistic to the point of delusion. It quotes Tim saying, "“Humanity connected by technology on the web is functioning in a dystopian way. We have online abuse, prejudice, bias, polarisation, fake news, there are lots of ways in which it is broken. This is a contract to make the web one which serves humanity, science, knowledge and democracy." The Guardian paraphrase claims the contract "will protect people’s rights online from threats such as...prejudice and hate" and enabling users "to build communities that respect civil discourse and human dignity...to fight for an open web that is “a global public resource for people everywhere”."
In a talk at the opening of the Web Summit in Lisbon on Monday, the inventor of the web called on governments, companies and individuals to back a new “Contract for the Web” that aims to protect people’s rights and freedoms on the internet.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/05/tim-berners-lee-launches-campaign-to-save-the-web-from-abuse