This Republician idea gets floated enough without the BBC article: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/04/the-splinternet-an-internet-half-owned-by-china-and-the-us.h

This Republician idea gets floated enough without the BBC article: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/04/the-splinternet-an-internet-half-owned-by-china-and-the-us.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/04/the-splinternet-an-internet-... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-apps-pompeo-breakingviews-idUSKCN2520KG https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-apps-pompeo-bre... Or did want an older Democrat proposal: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/opinion/firewall-law-could-infringe-on-free-speech.html https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/opinion/firewall-law-coul... http://leahy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/BillText-PROTECTIPAct.pdf http://leahy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/BillText-PROTECTIPAct.... The idea of walling the internet is quite old.