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American decisions can set precedents which other countries follow, and are often pushed by their trade policies. They also affect American IT companies, which
by TJ-14 9y ago
American decisions can set precedents which other countries follow, and are often pushed by their trade policies. They also affect American IT companies, which are used by people all over the world.
There's good reason for non-Americans to care about the American Internet.
- pasbesoin 9y agoI'm going to take this a step further. Years ago -- a decade or more -- I was saying that "China is the prototype." Early days of The Great Firewall. Initially built, by the way, with U.S. and "Western" technology and consulting. As for the Net. It was a frontier. Now, it's settled. And those who've taken up residence are busy turning it and sealing it up, for their own purposes. As for open, free as in speech communication. Start looking for the next, next-generation physical layer. One that is not in the hands of established and self-serving interests. Yet. Rinse and repeat...
- chpmrc 9y agoWell not in the EU https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/open-internet-net-neutrality https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/open-internet-... .
- tangent128 9y agoThat law can be repealed if Europeans aren't vigilant; nothing makes the EU naturally immune to right-wing, pro-corporate swings.
- xpaqui 9y agoYes but no. One of the reasons the UK left EU because it was not allowed to have different laws for EU immigrants and locals - for benefits for example. Europe choose values over money. They - Merkel - may not be the best people in the world but some moves are very commendable.
- a2decrow 9y agoIf this forces non-US Americans to use US IT company services less, there are less angles the US government can use to spy on the rest of the world. Plus, data protection laws in other countries (especially European ones) are far more restrictive. I don't think there's any reason for us non-US-Americans to care at all about the US internet. Just like we don't care about pretty much anything else that's happening in the US.
- falcolas 9y agoWell, at least at currently, the "US Internet" includes IANA, Google, Amazon, Netflix, Facebook, Verisign and a majority of the root DNS servers... Changes made to the "US Internet" are going to absolutely affect the wider world right now.
- a2decrow 9y agoI fail to see how this affects IANA or root DNS servers in any way (not to mention that IANA can be replaced by a non-US entity if it really comes down to that). As for those companies, they'll work the same way as before outside the US internet. Regrettably, because the world would be a better place without them.
- falcolas 9y agoThis was a direct response to the commennt "I don't think there's any reason for us non-US-Americans to care at all about the US internet." This change doesn't directly affect IANA, etc, but it will likely have knock-on effects which hurt everyone. "IANA can be replaced by a non-US entity" - This would, IMO, signal the end of the internet. "Look up www.google.com" "which one?"
- a2decrow 9y ago> This would, IMO, signal the end of the internet. "Look up www.google.com" "which one?" I'm not entirely sure if you know how DNS works.
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