The internet, its many evangelists tell us, is the
answer to all our problems. It gives power to the
people.
It’s a platform for equality that allows everyone
an equal share in life’s riches. For the first time in
history, anyone can produce, say or buy anything.
But today, as the internet heads towards putting
more than half the world’s population online, all
this promise has evaporated.
The dream has become a nightmare, in which I
fear we billions of network users are victims, not
beneficiaries.