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This seems to happen often enough (in several countries) that I wonder if the US (or any other "1st world democracy") doesn't have the ability or a plan to do s
by laweijfmvo 3y ago
This seems to happen often enough (in several countries) that I wonder if the US (or any other "1st world democracy") doesn't have the ability or a plan to do something similar, if determined to be necessary. And before you say it can't happen because Constitution, I'd be shocked if there wasn't some Patriot Act/Emergency Authorization that makes it close enough to legal...
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- revelio 3y agoWestern countries prefer to cut off access to banking and individual social media accounts rather than the internet. It's more effective and direct. Look at the Twitter files, Canada for examples. Cutting off the whole internet is only necessary for Pakistan because they don't have allied political operatives working at Twitter, Facebook, Google etc.