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1. What did the Canadian telecommunications company Telus do during a strike of its workers? - answerDuring the strike of its workers, a discussion about strike-breaking sprung up on a website operated by Telus. Telus blocked many sites, including this one,
for its subscribers so they could not receive specific information threatening Telus. Telus used the interest of safely and protection as an excuse to not show subscribers this content.
2. What action has the Chinese government taken in regard to June 4? - answerThe Chinese government gatekeeps the controlling of electronic sharing of information de china on June 4th. This is because, on June 4th, 1989, the Tiananmen massacre ocurred, as well as protests. The Chinese government censored this thoroughly online in the mainland. This includes apps that roleplayed protestors and organizing protestors
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3. What percentage of internet search does Google process? - answerGoogle's search engine is used for over 90% of internet search, known as the "gatekeeper" for today's world wide web.
4. What are the 3 types of internet gatekeepers? Describe each in a sentence. - answer1) The first are the controllers of the data pipes through which the bits flow. These are called link gatekeepers.
2) The second are the controllers of the tools we use to find things on the web, which are called search gatekeepers.
3) The third are the controllers of the social connections, which are known for one of the
most important use of the Internet. These are called social gatekeepers.
5. The internet grew out of the ARPANET. What were ARPA's two initial concerns? - answerAdvanced Research Projects Agency
1) The first initial concert was to improve utilization by networking the research computers it was funding.
2) The other concern was to create a communication system that could withstand a nuclear war if key sites were disabled
6. Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn designed the Internet. What is the Internet? - answerThe Internet is its protocols. It is not a machine, a set of machines, or a software.
It is a set of rules. Any person or organization can build hardware or write software that follow that set of rules and then become a functioning part of the Internet.
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