Social web will be spam killer says Berners-Lee

Today’s End Of Spam prediction brought to you by Tim Berners-Lee. Spam, or unsolicited email, is all about getting email from people you do not know or authorise and the social web, which is an intrinsic part of Tim Berners-Lee’s semantic web, is built on a layer of connections and trust: something that can be used as a verification system.

“With the semantic web, we are building these trust systems so that you can find out if it comes from someone you identify and what their role is in relation to you: if you actually want to receive email from this person,” Berners-Lee explained to Siliconrepublic.com.