However if Usenet was to become a major component of internet-based discussion again, I am sure the regulators would try to focus on it and
its content. An issue is that the underlying infrastructure of
establishing new and discontinued newsgroups seems to have gone. For example, I recall that the nz.* newsgroups were administered by Simon
Lyall on behalf of the NZ Computer Society (now 'IT Professionals NZ').
Simon used to post newsgroup charter documentation in each newsgroup
(showed why the ng was created and the intended subject matter etc)
along with any proposals for a new ng. This has long gone, and if
Usenet regained popularity it would need to be re-established.
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