It is increasingly clear that the internet, as embodied by the World Wide Web and a wide variety of another Net-based services and technologies is rapidly becoming a critical underpinning and foundation to virtually every aspect of our lives. In addition, it is likely that few aspects of commerce, education, communications, government, entertainment, and any other facets of our daily existence will be unaffected by the exceedingly rapid change that is sweeping the globe far more rapidly then would have been anticipated only a few years ago. These global and interconnected developments, unprecedented in human history, suggest that decisions regarding policies, regulations, control, and related Internet activities will be of crucial concern
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