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You might be familiar with https://home.cern/ https://home.cern/ and one of its 1980s employees/contractors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee So while one could very well argue that it was a happy accident, it would not be very wise to argue that EU has not contributed ANYTHING to internet.