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Considering how frequently I hear, “government blocks <service> in country”, now I am wondering- does the US have similar kill switches pre-configured at all IS
by 0cf8612b2e1e 2y ago
Considering how frequently I hear, “government blocks <service> in country”, now I am wondering- does the US have similar kill switches pre-configured at all ISPs? The operational complexity and coordination seems intense, so not something you want to do ad hoc. How granular would the restrictions be? All undersea cable communications? Certain domains?
Maybe there are actual explosives wired to key network infrastructure if the government wants to make absolutely certain things are down.
(I used to be able to say “X” as a generic placeholder instead of “<service>”, but Musk ruined that for me)
- lesuorac 2y agoI mean not really otherwise this page would look much different: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_TikTok_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_TikTok_in_the_... The USG can certainly ask various social media platforms to enforce their ToS much to the chagrin of their violating users but that's wildly different than sending all packets for TikTok to /dev/null.