It's astounding to watch both states and companies work so tirelessly to pretend that the contours of the internet are isomorphic with the current political bor

It's astounding to watch both states and companies work so tirelessly to pretend that the contours of the internet are isomorphic with the current political borders of the planet. The internet is under no obligation to recognize or respect those borders, and on sufficiently large time scales, certainly will not. So what's all the tantrum throwing? Can't we let states be states, and let the internet be the internet, and then see which one emerges as the more human (and more humane) phenomenon? A company deleted a tweet. A state has blocked access to the servers of that country insofar as it can control network access. What is the takeaway?