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greenchair 57 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Vint Cerf, “father of the Internet”, is retiring

1999 CNN interview where Gore stated: "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet".

gilrain 57 days ago [–]

And that was true, within his context as senator. He was instrumental in passing the laws that fostered the Internet.

It’s astonishing, I know, but the heavily-parroted meme was always reductive and is, at this point, misnformation.

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