[ih] Preparing for the splinternet

[Jorge Amodio]

Is this history or current events ?

-J

On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 3:44 AM Johan Helsingius via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> 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
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>
> Daniel Karrenberg has started this appeal by network engineers:
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> https://keepitopen.net/
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>         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
> >
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