From: Malcom Turnbull MP
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Now, there is no global institution or infrastructure more important to the future prosperity and freedom of our global community than the Internet itself. And in what should be a humbling lesson for politicians and governments, the Internet has grown almost entirely without the direction or control of any government. This is not to say that it was developed, as some have said the British Empire was acquired, in an absence of mind, but rather that while it had its origins with the research programmes of the US Department of Defence which led to the ARPANET, the role of the United States Government since then has been admirably hands off.
Ensuring that the architecture and administration of global cyberspace remains free of government domination or control is one of the key global strategic issues of our time.
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