In this well-done summary of the ever-diminishing ideal of a “free and open internet,” the authors state:
It’s possible to trace the dramatic change from the past to present by following the trajectory of various Declarations that have been issued over the years. The tone was set at the dawn of the World Wide Web in 1996 by digital guru, Grateful Dead lyricist, and Harvard University fellow John Perry Barlow, who died in 2018.
The authors go on to explain that the site hosting the 2012 Declaration of Internet Freedom, internetdeclaration.org, is now a dead link.
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Barlow's Declaration, 28 Years On
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In this well-done summary of the ever-diminishing ideal of a “free and open internet,” the authors state:
It’s possible to trace the dramatic change from the past to present by following the trajectory of various Declarations that have been issued over the years. The tone was set at the dawn of the World Wide Web in 1996 by digital guru, Grateful Dead lyricist, and Harvard University fellow John Perry Barlow, who died in 2018.
The authors go on to explain that the site hosting the 2012 Declaration of Internet Freedom, internetdeclaration.org, is now a dead link.
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