[ih] Preparing for the splinternet

[the keyboard of geoff goodfellow]

EXCERPT:

According to Wikipedia
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splinternet#:~:text=The%20splinternet%20>, a
researcher at the Cato Institute first used the word "splinternet" in 2001
to describe the idea of "parallel Internets that would be run as distinct,
private and autonomous universes." Clyde Wayne Crews, the researcher,
thought it might be a good thing.

Roughly 20 years later, some aren't so sure.

A splinternet might "hurt individuals attempting to organize in opposition
to the war, report openly and honestly on events in Russia, and access
information about what is happening in Ukraine and abroad," *argued 41
digital rights groups*
<https://www.accessnow.org/cms/assets/uploads/2022/03/Civil-society-letter-to-Biden-Admin-re-Russia-sanctions-and-internet-access_10-March-2022-1.pdf>
led
by Access Now and the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation.

Ultimately, the topic could have profound implications for executives and
companies in the global telecommunications space. After all, there's a big
difference between selling into a globalized economy and selling into a
handful of splintered, Balkanized world regions.

Cutting off Russia...

[...]
https://www.lightreading.com/security/preparing-for-splinternet-/a/d-id/775979

-- 
Geoff.Goodfellow at iconia.com
living as The Truth is True