This document provides a brief history of computing and regulation of online spaces. It traces the development of counting tools in ancient Babylon and China, through early mechanical calculating devices like the Antikythera Mechanism in ancient Greece. It highlights pioneers like Gottfried Leibniz, Charles Babbage, and Ada Lovelace. It discusses the development of computers in the 20th century and the debates around regulating online spaces, referencing works by Stewart Brand, John Perry Barlow, and Lawrence Lessig. The document ends by noting different layers of regulation for technologies like phones.