Big Bad Web?

It's understandable Tim Berners Lee is deeply concerned about undemocratic things happening on an arguably democratic channel. The web has been praised for connecting everyone into a larger global community but according to Lee has been developing "unchecked".
What exactly does Lee fear? Why is he ringing the alarm? To be honest, I am not too sure what "bad things" Lee is alluding to. From his interview with a BBC correspondent, it sounds as though Lee may not even know himself or perhaps, it's a premonition he has kept secret, which would lead to a whole new level of paranoia best left out of this entry.
When I think of "undemocratic", the immediate connection is "politics" so perhaps Lee, more or less, is alerting people to re-evaluate the way information is handled before it falls into totalitarian hands. This would certainly qualify as what Lee calls a "radical transformation of society". There have been minor attempts in the past to "check" web procedures as with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) attempting to acquire individual IP addresses of downloaders through the courts. Of course, this attempt was feeble and only successful in fining a few 13 year olds thousands of dollars. But looking at the bigger picture, what if these situations became legally commonplace? Lee says if we don't understand the web, we will end up in a bad place and what could possibly be worse than having your thoughts controlled? While we continue browsing our blogs, emails and downloading pictures and music, there may already be planned efforts to attempt to "undemocratize" the information available to us in the future. Take, for example, the initiative taken in China to censor certain websites. A friend of mine resorts to sending his Chinese e-mail penpal (e-pal?) the text to links she cannot access, for instance relating to Chinese history on wikipedia, which could be protocol not available to us in the future if things progess in an undemocratic way.
The forthcoming development of the web will be dependent not only on the IT experts and the graphic designers but also every person who makes use of their e-mail, blogs, etc. If we're to "check" the development of the web, as per Lee's interpretation, who better to do it than a multi-faceted democratic community? Waiting until the web is in the hands of elitist, purist or even governmental hands is like waiting in a straw house for the big bad wolf.