Happy 25th anniversary to this Daily Mail article from the year 2000, proclaiming that internet "may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it".

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@stefan

Even then, vested interests were funding malign influence campaigns because they always fear the new.

Even then, the rich feared the disruption of unfettered access to information.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Mail_and_General_Trust

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Mail

Daily Mail and General Trust - Wikipedia