Gore meant that he helped make the Internet available for civilian use as a Senator after the military had been using it for a quarter century. Give the man a break.
Hi, I'm Tim Berners-Lee, and I created the World Wide Web . . . . . . and I'm very disgusted that my invention is being used to spread disinformation, hatred, and fascism. Don't you know that the reason I created the World Wide Web was so that people could share cute cat photos and videos?