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ARPANET, the forerunner of the modern Internet, was created so that large mainframe computers used by the US military and by universities and research organizations could easily share data.

In fact, forum applications and instant messaging existed as early as 1973. Email and instant messages allow one-on-one communication. People could communicate with larger groups of the public through electronic bulletin boards, which today are often called message boards. Any computer user who logged in to a bulletin board could read messages posted by others, and respond to them. Initially, these boards were mostly text-based, hobbyist-run services. The first electronic bulletin board, Community

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Contemporary Issues: Privacy and Social Media