• curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    Al Gore may not have really invented the Internet

    Which, to point out, he never actually said. He said “creating” - which is actually accurate, since he pushed the policies that allowed for it to exist. Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn support his stance that he was a primary driver behind its development from a policy perspective. I believe they even said no other politician has been as important to the internet (rough paraphrase, someone else can grab the exact quote) as Gore.

    The claim that he said he “invented the internet” came from dirtbag pundits, of course.