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What is Web3 and how could it change the internet?

A decentralized Web3 would fundamentally change how the internet operates.

A decentralized Web3 would fundamentally change how the internet operates. Image: Pexels/Pixabay

Adrian Ma
Assistant Professor, Journalism, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Web 3.0, unlike Web3, traces back to Tim Berners-Lee’s original vision for the internet as a collection of websites linking everything together at the data level.
Web 3.0, unlike Web3, traces back to Tim Berners-Lee’s original vision for the internet as a collection of websites linking everything together at the data level. Image: REUTERS/Simon Dawson

In a Web 3.0 world, users would be able to link personal information across social media platforms.
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