From “impression, mark” (as by a stamp or seal); from Old French preinte, “impression”; from noun use of fem. past participle of preindre, “to press, crush,” altered from prembre; from Latin premere, “to press, hold fast, cover, crowd, compress”: circa 1300.
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From “the linked computer networks of the U.S. Defence Department,” shortened from internetwork, which was used from 1972 in reference to (then-hypothetical) networks involving many separate computers:
from 1984.
The Silicon Six: The Largest Propaganda Machine in History
“In every other industry, you can be sued for the harm you cause. Publishers can be sued for libel, people can be sued for defamation. I’ve been sued many times! I’m being sued right now by someone whose name I won’t mention because he might sue me again! But social media companies are largely protected from liability for the content their users post – no matter how indecent it is – by Section 230 of, get ready for it, The Communications Decency Act. Absurd!”