[ih] Politics behind the Internet

[Greg Skinner]

In addition to what’s already been posted, you might look at some of the US Congressional Hearings and Office of Science and Technology Policy reports from the 1980s such as [1] and [2].

—gregbo

[1] https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/CGB%20Files/FCCSET%20Research%20and%20Development%20Strategy%20for%20High%20Perf%20Com%20871120%20c.pdf
[2] https://books.google.com/books?id=yLLuZ61d9xAC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

> On Jul 21, 2024, at 4:47 AM, Gergely Buday via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> when the American Congress realised the importance of the Internet?
> 
> Back in the eighties we were listening the Radio Free Europe on shortwave
> radios. Congress supported that financially. Did it have similar thoughts
> concerning the Internet, that it would spread freedom politically and
> economically?
> 
> Yours
> 
> - Gergely
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