“The quintessential exercise of free speech in a culture supposedly built on that concept and dedicated to it, the Internet's development is as historically important to humanity — perhaps even more so — as Gutenberg's invention of the printing press.”

— L. Neil Smith

"Keep Your Filthy Hands Off The Internet" 20 June 2010.

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