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The US Department of Commerce enters DNS privatization agreement
This was an effort by President Bill Clinton to privatize the management of the DNS (Domain Name System) in a way that would increase competition and facilitate international participation in its management. -
Internet access becomes available to the Saudi Arabian public
The notoriously authoritarian government of Saudi Arabia allowed public access to the internet through local service providers. In its implementation, the Saudi government stated a plan to block the flow of "undesirable" data/information from online. -
Launch of Facebook
Social media network, Facebook, was founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his roommates at Harvard. (the image for this tab was retrieved through google from 99designs.com) -
Number of Internet users reaches 1 billion
In October of 2005, the internet reached 1 billion users. At the time, that was about 1/6 of the total world population. -
Obama Administration privatizes DNS
The task of privatizing the DNS began in 1998, and in 2014 was finalized by the Obama Administration. This was done in order to hinder China and Russia's monopolization of the internet. (the image for this tab was retrieved through google from SEMOS-online.eu)
