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This kind of thing makes we wonder if the internet as a whole is heading for a Kessler Syndrome kind of situation. Another example: here in the USA we have 50
by arbuge 1y ago
This kind of thing makes we wonder if the internet as a whole is heading for a Kessler Syndrome kind of situation.
Another example: here in the USA we have 50 states vying to each regulate AI; my understanding is that the plan was to have the OBBB put them off from doing this for at least 10 years, but that effort failed, leaving them free to each do their own thing.
Complying with all rules and regulations in all jurisdictions to which a website/service could be exposed (i.e. worldwide, by default) seems like it's becoming a well nigh impossible task these days.
- lmz 1y agoWell, if we make it expensive enough to operate everywhere, then there will probably be one or two huge "global" sites and hundreds of small local, region-locked ones. Maybe that is the future. Cyberspace is not, eventually, independent[1] if you plan to make money off it and use real world IDs. [1]: https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence
- throwanem 1y ago"Balkanization" has been the term when, previously, the issue has risen into popular discourse. I'm broadly in favor, I think. This species can have instant global communications once it's shown itself equal to the responsibility that implies.
- Analemma_ 1y agoBalkanization was always the inevitable end state of the Internet, because the alternative is ceding sovereignty over what is now critical infrastructure, and states simply do not do that. It was fine when the Internet was a side hobby for a slice of the population, but now that it’s fundamental to all aspects of life, having it under the control of a foreign government (and the tech companies which act as de facto organs of that government) is no longer acceptable.