I wonder these days how much of an illusion this was.
A free-to-use global computer network borne of a military projects programme with all communications in the clear by default, centralised in a country with a highly active global foreign policy. Hmmm. Looking at it like that it seems Google and Facebook are just picking up where the other guys left off.
That collaborative one.
That sharing one.
That innocent one.
But thank the universe we still have it.