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Who controls the Internet?

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While the Internet is theoretically decentralized and thus controlled by no single entity, many argue that tech companies such as Amazon, Meta, and Google represent a small concentration of organizations that have unprecedented influence over the information and money on the Internet. In some countries, certain parts of the Internet are blocked via censorship.

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Who were key people involved with the creation of the Internet?

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The Internet consists of technologies developed by many different individuals and organizations. Important figures include Robert Taylor, who led the development of the ARPANET (an early prototype of the Internet), and Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn, who developed the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) technologies. Cerf and Kahn are often credited with inventing the Internet.

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