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FOUND: Compuserve - What They Never Told You

I just learned that before the internet, 'online' actually meant 'offline' and it's turned my world upside down

Back in the '80s, "up" meant "online" BUT THERE WAS ALSO "ON-LINE!!!"

PC Gamer

This TikTok lawsuit could change the face of social media forever and it's about time

TikTok faces a watershed lawsuit that could define the future of Section 230 and of all other social media platforms.

TechRadar

Explainer: Why Supreme Court tiptoeing past Section 230 helps Big Tech fueled by social media

Google, Twitter, Facebook and other tech companies fueled by social media have dodged a legal threat that could have blown a huge hole in their business models

The Independent UK

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Section 230: the rule before the Supreme Court that made the modern internet, explained

The justices are hearing arguments Tuesday about whether the family of an ISIS terrorism victim from California can sue Google, whose YouTube algorithms, they say, helped extremists spread their message and attract recruits.

Chicago Sun-Times

What is Section 230, the rule that made the modern internet?

Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today

The Independent UK

Section 230 Heads to the Supreme Court

The crucial protector of internet speech might have some cracks in its armor.

Reason

Interview: Osmosis Is Determined To Be The Coinbase Of The Cosmos

In late September, Cosmos Network held its first Cosmoverse '22, described as the most inclusive Cosmos ecosystem event, with three days of presentations at the Las Palmas hotel in Medellin, Colombia.

Benzinga

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Stephen Wilhite: Computer programmer who gave the world gifs

The file format, which was created in 1987, helped shape social media

The Independent UK

‘He helped shape the modern world’: gif inventor Stephen Wilhite dies after getting Covid

He created the image file format that defined an internet culture for decades in 1987 while working at CompuServe

The Guardian - US

Gif creator Stephen Wilhite settled 'jif' debate before Covid death - but people disagree

Tributes have been paid to Stephen Wilhite, the inventor of popular internet feature the gif, after his death from Covid-19. People continue to debate the pronunciation of the word despite his intervention

Daily Mirror

GIF Architect Succumbs To COVID-19 At 74: Bloomberg

Graphics Interchange Format creator Steve Wilhite succumbed to Covid-19 in early March after a two-week struggle, Bloomberg reports. The computer scientist was 74. Wilhite's team at CompuServe developed the GIF in 1987 before it became a signature feature of the early web and the go-to means for social media jokes, memes,…

Benzinga

Creator of the GIF, Stephen Wilhite, dies at 74

As Wilhite was creating the GIF in his basement, he couldn’t have known that the format would go on to alter the way we behave online.

Input

Stephen Wilhite: Creator of the GIF dies from Covid-19 at age 74

Programmer once clarified that ‘jif’ was the correct pronunciation of his famous file format

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