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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWaPo: The U.S. government couldn't shut down the Internet, right? Think again.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-us-government-couldnt-shut-down-the-internet-right-think-again/2020/03/06/6074dc86-5fe5-11ea-b014-4fafa866bb81_story.htmlWritten by Jessica Rosenworcel, member of the FCC.
It's been good to know you all.
Last year, Internet service was shut off for roughly seven months in Indias Kashmir Valley, affecting 7 million people. The government of the worlds largest democracy justified the blackout by saying it was necessary to avoid protests and loss of life. In Bangladesh, a government-directed shut-off disrupted humanitarian and emergency services in Rohingya refugee camps for more than six weeks in 2019. Congo blacked out the Internet for 20 days after last Decembers elections, preventing electoral observers from relaying information from rural polling stations. Ethiopian authorities shut down the Internet for three days last June to prevent student cheating on national exams. In January, there were outages in Iran during protests over the downing of a Ukrainian plane, following a week-long blackout last year after the price of fuel went up.
2naSalit
(86,536 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)and a good antenna.
htuttle
(23,738 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)ooky
(8,922 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,783 posts)More than 75% of all Business done these days is done online. Mine included via Social Media.
Shut down the Internet, the Stock Market will drop another 2,000 plus points due to business losses.
Nota smart move by any means.
WyattKansas
(1,648 posts)Especially when you consider the disruption with tax revenue... Crash and burn.
superpatriotman
(6,247 posts)That's a terrifying thought
Hekate
(90,645 posts)Bengus81
(6,931 posts)Wonder what Bezos would do if Trump pulled that stunt?
spanone
(135,823 posts)erronis
(15,241 posts)Not to give the trumpsters/wanna-be oligarchs any more ideas, but...
China has worked hard at limiting traffic to/from certain sites, domains, IP ranges. As has rUSSRia, NORK, and other dictator-led states. Personal privacy controls and encryption have been effectively disabled. VPNs, TOR browsers, etc. are illegal or get you flagged for a "visit".
Of course, the peeResident and other WH stoogies will have access to their favorite apps, sites. Loyal fux-tv viewers will still be able to stream state media messages over the inner-tubes.
Others of us may find interesting changes in the pages we visit, the emails we send/receive. Or see nothing at all.