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by fcarraldo 100 days ago
20 years ago was only 2006. The internet has been around for much longer. The first consumer focused ISPs launched in the early 90’s, 35 years ago, but CompuServe and others were providing access to chat and BBS’s in the 80s.

I’d say nearly 50 years is precedent enough that government intervention is unnecessary.

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Yeah but most people weren't on the internet access in the early 90s. It is more a 2005+ phenomenon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Internet_usage