Some people object to any and all forms of regulation. Back in February 1996, Grateful Deadlyricist and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation John Perry Barlow published “A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace,” in which he advocated self-regulating the Internet via individualized adherence to the golden rule of reciprocity (treat others as you would like to be treated).

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