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1963:		Bell Labs develops first telephone modem

1967:		Lawrence G. Roberts publishes ARPANET plans

1969:		First ARPANET connections made between Stanford and UCLA

1975:		ARPANET grows to 75 nodes

1975, Mar: 	Homebrew Computer Club Forms

1977:	DC Hayes publicly releases first cross-platform compatible modem

1979, Feb:	Ward Christensen and Randy Suess put first BBS (CBBS) online in Chicago, IL

1982:	Time Magazine names personal computer “Person of the Year”

1983:	WarGames released in theaters

1983, Dec:	Wave of new PC users (primarily teenagers) flood BBS network

1985:	~ 4,000 BBS are online in the US

1985:	File Transfer Protocol (FTP) formalized as an Internet protocol

1988:	Jarkko Oikarinen develops Internet Relay Chat (IRC)

1989:	Acceptable Use Policy restrictions lifted on the Internet, allowing public use

1991:	Tim Berners-Lee announces World Wide Web project

1993:	Marc Andreessen releases Mosaic web browser

1994:	CompuServe, America Online, GEnie and Prodigy allow subscribers access to Internet

1995:	The Net and Hackers released in theaters

1996:	Communications Decency Act passed

1998:	Child Online Protection Act (COPA) passed

1998:	Children Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) passed

1998:	Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) passed

2000:	Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) passed

2003:	MySpace founded

2004:	Facebook founded

2004:	COPA struck down as unconstitutional

2004:	Dateline: Dangerous Web special aires (predecessor to TCAP)

2005:	Sequel to Dangerous Web aires

2006:	Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA) introduced in Congress

2006:	Third installment of Dangerous Web aires

2006:	Dateline: To Catch a Predator aires

2007, May:	NY Attorney General Cuomo investigates sex offenders on MySpace

2007:	DOPA reintroduced in Congress

2007:	Securing Adolescents From Exploitation Act introduced in Congress

2007:	Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual-Predators Act introduced in Congress (NY)

2007:	Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act introduced in Congress

2007:	Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act (SAFETY) introduced in Congress

2007, Oct:	NY Attorney General Cuomo announces Facebook protections

2007, Oct:	NYS Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno announces WebWiseKids pilot program in Rensselaer County – in partnership with the ESA

2007, Oct:	NYS Cyber Security Conference - “Kids Safe Online”

2008:	Frontline “Growing Up Online” aires

2008: 	NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services includes “Video Games: What you should know” as part of Internet Safety campaign

2008, Jan:	Untraceable released in theaters

2008, Jan:	 Cuomo sponsors Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators Act (e-STOP)

2008, May:	e-STOP passed into law (NY)

2008, Jun:	“Cuomo announces landmark agreements with Verizon, Time Warner Cable, and Sprint to shut down major sources of online child pornography. For the first time, three of the world's largest Internet Service Providers agree to block access to child porn from two significant sources. The companies will eliminate access to child porn Newsgroups, a major supplier of these illegal images, and will also purge their servers of child porn websites.”

2008, Jul:	(NY) A.11717 / S.6401-A establishes an advisory council to conduct a study on the connection between interactive media and real-life violence in minors exposed to such media. This bill will also require new video game consoles to have parental lockout features by 2010, and mandate that games sold at retail disclose the ratings obtained from the gaming industry's voluntary rating system.

2008, Dec:	Internet Safety Technical Task Force (25 State Attorneys General, Researchers) releases report, downplays child internet safety issues