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RichardCoulter · 07-05-2022, 02:37

A couple of programmes from a series about the 1990's that has been on Radio 4 this week.

They cover the problems caused by the emergence of the wild west approach to the rise of the internet (the law of the land didn't suddenly disappear on the day the internet was invented) and the consequences of breaking the law:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0016xvj

Robert Carlyle takes us back to a time when the internet seemed like a force for good and reveals how that Utopian ideal turned sour.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0016y5m

The story of the so-called crypto-wars, the fight for online privacy between the American government and a bunch of internet renegades known as the cypherpunks.

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RichardCoulter cf.mega poster Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 10,093	Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls. A couple of programmes from a series about the 1990's that has been on Radio 4 this week. They cover the problems caused by the emergence of the wild west approach to the rise of the internet (the law of the land didn't suddenly disappear on the day the internet was invented) and the consequences of breaking the law: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0016xvj Robert Carlyle takes us back to a time when the internet seemed like a force for good and reveals how that Utopian ideal turned sour. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0016y5m The story of the so-called crypto-wars, the fight for online privacy between the American government and a bunch of internet renegades known as the cypherpunks.