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It is very much in the bingo cards that internet gets shut off in America as an extension of strong-arm policies.
by bloomingkales 2y ago
It is very much in the bingo cards that internet gets shut off in America as an extension of strong-arm policies.
- cannonpalms 2y agoYou mean the substrate of our entire economic engine? I think that's a bit dramatic.
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- kragen 2y agoWhat, like free trade?
- jazzyjackson 2y agoParent didn't say all the internet at once, it could just be a matter of telling telecoms to block connections within certain geofences when protests start to flare up, Egypt 2011 style. Could even bring down 4G services while whitelisting POS terminals, keep the Starbuckses up and running.
- dlenski 2y agoI dunno why you're getting downvoted so much. This sort of thing seemed unthinkable a decade ago, or even in the first Trump admin, but definitely doesn't now. Other similarly-inclined regimes like Modi in India have proven the effectiveness of targeted Internet shutdowns.