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The Observation
The Observation
Splinternet is becoming reality
- The splinternet often also referred to as cyber-balkanization or internet balkanization is a characterization of the Internet as splintering and dividing due to various factors, such as technology, commerce, politics, nationalism, religion, and divergent national interests.
The News
Work in Progress
Other Splinter nets
- China’s ‘Great Firewall’
- Iran’s National Information Network (NIN)
- North Korean Kwangmyong
- In fact there are many countries like UAE, Belarus, Turkey, Thailand, Myanmar etc which have internet curbs and seek a national intranet. At one point of time even former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff called for Brazilian National Intranet.
- India, too, is understood to be working on a new cybersecurity and data governance framework amid the continued “weaponisation” of the internet by Big Tech platforms.
Other Splinter nets
The problems of Splinternet
- Multiple ISPs
- New Costs & Investments
- Complex configuration & standardization issues
- Confinement & Censorship
- Security threats
The Big Questions
- Are Splinternets the future? Blockchaining the internet..!!
- Do Splinternets increase the options for Consumers?
- Do they protect the rights of internet users?
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