" In recent years, it has become clear that the web is not living up to the high hopes we had for it. ... These worries are justified. In recent years, we’ve seen governments engage in state-sponsored trolling to quash dissent and attack opposition. We’ve seen hacking and foreign interference distort politics and undermine elections. And we’ve seen how the spread of fake news on social media can trigger chaos, confusion and lethal violence."

1. The web is one of mankind's greatest inventions: a mirror of society in a cyber world. It has greatly surpassed all expectations, and is The Highlight of the 20th and 21st centuries.

2. Fake news, hacking, foreign interference: nothing new under the sun. Democracy has major flaws which all governments take advantage of.

I understand where mr. Tim Berners-Lee comes from, but it feels so simplistic, even naive to propose something which various governments will not even read or comment on.

The true battle lies in changing society. Without overhauling democracy, we'll still be faced with voting issues. Without overhauling the press, we'll still get mass disinformation. And so on...