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The 1990s and early 2000s saw the rise of a new form of online-only marketplace. Companies like Amazon, eBay, and Craigslist became household words by providing familiar services from the convenience of a computer monitor. In 2004, Backpage.com joined the online advertising market; as of 2011, it trailed only Craigslist in connecting sellers with

On November 21, the Federal Communications Commission announced plans to revisit its Obama-era internet regulations. It seems likely that the resulting vote will repeal the policies often referred to as  net neutrality . The name is, perhaps, misleading; to support net neutrality is to support placing the internet more fully under government