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<i> He and many others were able to state their critical opinions because they had the Web as an open platform, so they did not depend on anyone’s permission to publish their words. Crucially, the Web’s hyperlinking mechanism lets blogs point to each other, again without requiring any form of permission. This allows for a decentralized value network between equals, where readers remain in active and conscious control of their next move.</i>

For decentralization the root problem always existed, while pointing at another resource requires no permission, receiving and hosting that resource does. Your government has to let you receive it and your ISP has to let you host.

This is a much lower level problem compared to the three challenges Berners-Lee puts forward, which seem to have little to do with decentralization.

1. taking back control of our personal data;

2. preventing the spread of misinformation;

3. realizing transparency for political advertising.