Internet in the United States Internet in the United States The Internet in the United States grew out of the ARPANET, a network sponsored by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense during the 1960s. The Internet in the United States in turn provided the foundation for the worldwide Internet of today. Internet access in the United States is largely provided by the private sector and is available in a variety of forms, using a variety of technologies, at a wide range of speeds and costs. In 2015, 97.5% of Americans were using the Internet, which ranks the U.S. 4th out
Fund for the Defense of Net Neutrality Bleue" venue; according to Wikileaks Visa and Mastercharge are contractually bound to work with Carte Bleue. Fund for the Defense of Net Neutrality The Fund for Defense of Net Neutrality (French: Fonds de Défense de la Net Neutralité or FDN²) is a French-based non-profit organization that collects funds and donations for movements that promote free speech on the internet. The organization was founded in 2008, in response to the need to fund La Quadrature du Net. FDN² gained world-wide attention in July 2012 after it agreed to collect donations for WikiLeaks that had been blocked by US-based financial organizations despite