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posted by martyb on Sunday August 09 2020, @02:56AM   Printer-friendly
from the what-you-don't-know-won't-hurt-us dept.

Techdirt has a story that is quite disturbing on many levels:

Forget banning TikTok, the Trump State Department just suggested it wants to basically ban China from the internet. Rather than promoting an open internet and the concept of openness, it appears that under this administration we're slamming the gates shut and setting up the Great American Firewall for the internet. Under the guise of what it calls the Clean Network to Safeguard America, last night Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced a program that is full of vague statements, that could, in practice, fragment the internet.

This is incredibly disappointing on multiple levels. While other countries -- especially China, but also Iran and Russia -- have created their own fragmented internet, the US used to stand for an open internet across the globe. Indeed, for whatever complaints we had about the State Department during the Obama administration (and we had many complaints), its commitment to an open internet was very strong and meaningful. That's clearly now gone. The "Clean Network to Safeguard America" consists of five programs that can be summed up as "fuck you China."

So much for Internet openness.

Also At:
USA decides to cleanse local networks of anything Chinese under new five-point national data security plan


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  • (Score: 2) by sjames on Sunday August 09 2020, @08:28PM

    by sjames (2882) on Sunday August 09 2020, @08:28PM (#1033993) Journal

    Sorry, little snowflake, did that nasty wasty truth hurt?

    Since the topic at hand was the last election, commenting on the last election seems reasonable.

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