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ARPANET, the Beginning of the Internet

Libertarians often cite the internet as a case in point that liberty is the mother of innovation. Opponents quickly counter that the internet was a government program, proving once again that markets must be guided by the steady hand of the state. In one sense the critics are correct, though not in ways they understand. The internet indeed began as a typical government program, the ARPANET, designed to share mainframe computing power and to establish a secure military communications network. Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), now DARPA, of the United States Department of Defense, funded the original network.

Of course the designers could not have foreseen what the (commercial) internet has become. Still, this reality has important implications for how the internet works — and explains why there are so many roadblocks in the continued development of online technologies. It is only thanks to market participants that the internet became something other than a typical government program: inefficient, overcapitalized, and not directed toward socially useful purposes.

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Chronological History of Internet Related Events

Amazon Implements ‘Sidewalk’ To Steal Your Privacy

Amazon Implements ‘Sidewalk’ To Steal Your Privacy

Today, June 8, Amazon will activate Amazon Sidewalk, a mass wireless sharing network. Users of all Amazon smart devices will be automatically enrolled, without consent, unless they opt out by disabling the network settings. Amazon Sidewalk will connect all Amazon devices, such as Alexa, Echo speakers and Ring security cameras — including tile trackers, Ring spotlight and floodlight cameras, smart lights and smart locks — to a local “mesh ...
Google Fined $270 Million Following French Probe Into Anti-Competitive Behavior

Google Fined $270 Million Following French Probe Into Anti-Competitive Behavior

Tech giant Google has been fined 220 million euros ($268 million) by the French regulator following a probe into allegations that the company’s web services were unfairly sending business to its advertising server. “The decision to fine Google is particularly significant as it is the first throughout the world to tackle complex algorithmic auction processes used for online display-advertising,” Isabelle de Silva, who heads France’s Autorite ...
Facebook Whistleblowers Leak Documents to Project Veritas Detailing Effort to Secretly Censor Vaccine Concerns on Global Scale

Facebook Whistleblowers Leak Documents to Project Veritas Detailing Effort to Secretly Censor Vaccine Concerns on Global Scale

The company has set up a tier system to rank comments on various scales, based on how much the statement questions or cautions against the Covid-19 vaccination. Tier 2, for instance, represents “Indirect Discouragement” of getting vaccinated and according to PV’s sources, user comments such as these would be heavily “suppressed.” It doesn’t matter if the comments are true, factual or represent reality. The comment is ...
Under Threat and Harassment, Dr. Mercola Forced to Remove All Articles Related to Vitamins D, C, Zinc and COVID-19

Under Threat and Harassment, Dr. Mercola Forced to Remove All Articles Related to Vitamins D, C, Zinc and COVID-19

(by Dr. Mercola) Over the past year, I’ve been researching and writing as much as I can to help you take control of your health, as fearmongering media and corrupt politicians have destroyed lives and livelihoods to establish global control of the world’s population, using the COVID-19 pandemic as their justification. I’ve also kept you informed about billionaire-backed front groups like the Center for Science in the ...
Fake Fact-Checkers label Washington Times Article on Importance of CO2 as False and Misleading

Fake Fact-Checkers label Washington Times Article on Importance of CO2 as False and Misleading

On Earth Day this year, The Washington Times published Gregory Wrightstone's op-ed “There is no climate emergency — We love CO2 and so should you.” Shortly after publication, the paper’s Facebook post on the commentary was labeled “false and misleading” and its ad for it was rejected. Facebook’s actions were based on a lengthy “fact-check” by eight scientists titled “Washington Times presents list of false and ...
YouTube Censors Florida Governor DeSantis and His Panel of Experts for Violating Junk-Science Standards

YouTube Censors Florida Governor DeSantis and His Panel of Experts for Violating Junk-Science Standards

Recently, Youtube censored a panel held by Florida’s governor, Ron Desantis. The panel was designed to discuss recent research findings related to Covid-19. This panel consisted of professors of medicine from Harvard, Oxford, and Stanford, all citing specific peer-reviewed research from which they formed their opinions. The panel spoke against forcing children and vaccinated people to wear masks, and said there was no proof that lockdowns ...
Facebook Disallows Lara Trump to post her Interview with the Legitimate President

Facebook Disallows Lara Trump to post her Interview with the Legitimate President

Facebook is now silencing and removing the President of the United States voice off of its platform.  What the hell is going on with these insane social media giants? Last night President Trump held a discussion with his daughter-in-law Laura Trump.  The interview was placed on Laura Trump’s Facebook page.  But today Laura Trump received word that the interview was removed from Facebook: President Trump was ...
Google Worker Fired For Blowing The Whistle on ‘Spiritual Organization’ Within Company That’s Been Accused of Sex Trafficking

Google Worker Fired For Blowing The Whistle on ‘Spiritual Organization’ Within Company That’s Been Accused of Sex Trafficking

Google fired one of its employees for blowing the whistle on a “doomsday” cult-like “spiritual organization” within the company. The employee, Kevin Lloyd, a video producer who worked in the Google Developer Studio, is now suing the tech giant, claiming he was unfairly fired in retaliation after he raised alarm about the religious group. Lloyd warns the group called the Fellowship of Friends has increasingly gained ...
Greta Thunberg Accidentally Posts Doc with Talking Points on India Protests, Faces Criminal Probe

Greta Thunberg Accidentally Posts Doc with Talking Points on India Protests, Faces Criminal Probe

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg drew the ire of police prosecutors in India on Thursday after she used social media to offer running commentary and advice on violent protests by the country’s farmers. The 18-year-old left-wing eco-activist shared — and then quickly deleted — a message that detailed a list of “suggested posts” about the ongoing civil disorder, according to a report in the NY Post, which her critics say ...
MIT Engineers Create Spinach That Act as Sensors and Wirelessly Send Emails

MIT Engineers Create Spinach That Act as Sensors and Wirelessly Send Emails

All wireless and/or “Smart” technology is vulnerable to hacking (see , , , , ) and other significant mishaps (see , ).  Serious warnings about Internet of Things (IoT) technology’s high failure rate and enormous vulnerability to hackers have been ongoing for years.  Last August, IBM warned about a security flaw in millions of IoT devices including “Smart” Meters and medical implants. In December, President Trump signed IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 to create standards and guidelines on the use ...