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There is a significant momentum behind the social Internet. A wide range of public investors were very enthusiastic about that.

The Internet empowers individuals to play a more active role in the political process, as Obama's campaign has manifested.

The leverage and influence social media gives citizens are rapidly spreading into the business world.

Companies and managers that find a way to harness social media stand to gain.

Social media companies must work closely with the U.S. government to ensure their platforms are not being used by terrorist organizations to do harm to our country.

People will remember that the Tea Party was co-opted and funded by billion-dollar corporations, and that it was supported by Fox News and other outlets with the same vigor with which they attempt to denigrate the Occupy protesters.

The history of the Internet is not, as some people have tried to make it, a libertarian just-so story. It is a messy tale in which the government played a significant role. That role was, however, far more subtle than the plans of industrial policy gurus or techno-boosting politicians.

Technology and social media have brought power back to the people.

Twitter became a major place to find out what was breaking on the Internet. Facebook became a place to share links. Social media really grew up.

Without question, CEOs, executives and employees in companies in the United States and around the world have rallied to face the challenge of a social media marketplace.