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1) The point isn't to regulate the internet, it's to regulate what UK citizens can see. 2) The great firewall was complicated by the design goal of accessing s
by sbierwagen 4y ago
1) The point isn't to regulate the internet, it's to regulate what UK citizens can see.
2) The great firewall was complicated by the design goal of accessing some, but not all, foreign websites. The UK could accomplish their goals in a day or two by just cutting all the underwater cables. That sounds like an impossible crazy thing, but so did Brexit a couple years ago.
- olivermarks 4y ago'Cutting' is extreme but the spooky filtering that is almost certainly already in place certainly isn't, as Chinese citizens are all too aware
- worldofmatthew 4y agoThe EU might see that as an act of war...... A large amount (if not the vast majority) of fibre optics from Europe to Americas, go though the UK and cutting them off cuts off the biggest parts of the world from each other.
- BurningFrog 4y agoThe EU might also see the UK as an inspiration!
- 1991g 4y agoI do not think the European perception of the UK could accurately be described as "inspirational" at the moment.
- usr1106 4y agoThe UK not. But if anything can be done against Google, Meta, Apple all ideas are welcome for the EU. Those don't pay enough taxes in the EU in relationship to the megaprofits they make and have no respect for the legal framework the EU stands for.
- Terry_Roll 4y agoPiggie in the middle submarine cables, not all go through the UK, but it is good to point out the covert politics & nationalism of entities providing tech services or infrastructure, strangely dominated by the US mil funded US tech sector. I wonder why? https://cryptome.org/fiber-weak.htm https://cryptome.org/fiber-weak.htm