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Gematria does not work with english, only Lashon Kodesh
In addition, isn’t it only valid when based on a teaching that goes back to Sinai?
In all fairness the internet was invented in the early 1800, and in its first version involved operators communicating by tappping a binary code (dots and dashes). Many people immedciately and accurately saw the mischief that would lead to.
I recall reading in the Talmud that the Sanhedrin experimented with using signal fires on hilltops to more rapidly notify the distant communities of the occurrence of a new month. But the system was misused, so they reverted to the system of messengers and word-of-mouth transmission.