[ih] Preparing for the splinternet

[Johan Helsingius]

Here is the RIPE NCC response to the Ukrainian government’s recent request:

https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/ripe-ncc-response-to-request-from-ukrainian-government

Here is one position paper signed by a bunch of people:

https://pch.net/resources/Papers/Multistakeholder-Imposition-of-Internet-Sanctions.pdf 


Daniel Karrenberg has started this appeal by network engineers:

https://keepitopen.net/

	Julf


On 11/03/2022 02:02, the keyboard of geoff goodfellow via 
Internet-history wrote:
> 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
>