U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the ground-breaking Telecommunications Act, which dramatically deregulated the telecommunications and broadcasting markets.
Notably, this was the first bill signed in cyberspace, symbolizing the emerging digital era and transforming media and internet accessibility.
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United Nations Security Council resolution 1045, adopted unanimously reaffirming the implementation of the Lusaka Protocol, and extended the mandate of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission III until 8 May 1996.
A massive Internet collaboration "24 Hours in Cyberspace" took place. The 'Turn the Web Black' protest, also called the 'Great Web Blackout' was a February 8–9, 1996, online activism action, led by the Voters' Telecommunications Watch and the Centre for Democracy and Technology.