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3 unusual facts about Mike Godwin


Bomb-making instructions on the internet

Mike Godwin, then of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, claimed that journalists have played a key role in linking the creation of "bombs" with "the Internet" in the public conscious.

Mike Godwin

The character "Michael Godwin" in The Difference Engine by Bruce Sterling and William Gibson was named after Godwin as thanks for his technical assistance in linking their computers to allow them to collaborate between Austin and Vancouver.

Reporting of child pornography images on Wikimedia Commons

Mike Godwin, general counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation, dismissed Sanger's claims.



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