SPLINTER-NET

Suresh & Raj

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Internet becoming 'splinter-net'

'A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk’s social media giant X in Brazil'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08mCjyBNcyY

'Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan, Myanmar, North Korea, Venezuela and Turkmenistan are the eight countries currently restricting Musk’s platform.' - Tho dozens of countries have in the past blocked Twitter X, and much else, for short periods.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/37-countries-blocked-x-access-161510435.html

Russia ... China ... Iran: the core of the so-called 'Axis of Resistance' to the West, most of the 'BRICS' now ... leading the blocking of Twitter X?

So 'opposing the West', involves censoring Western media? Whilst many Western media bosses heavily censor themselves to benefit certain groups?

Tho ironically, high officials of Russia, China and Iran all use Twitter X to spread their viewpoints to Western audiences, whilst denying access to their own people on these platforms.

And of course we also have the EU censoring Russian media, to help hide things like NATO-backed Ukraine killing 13,000+ Russians in east Ukraine, over the 8 years 2014-22 before the Russian invasion.



So we are indeed moving toward the 'splinter-net', where nations and groups of nations have extremely different internet presences, banning what others see and vice-versa

In these strange times, economically troubled India, is somewhat of an accidental 'free speech' locale, Indians more preoccupied with poverty and other matters, and happy to earn a few extra rupees via presenting alternative news.

Tho it can be difficult to tell what is reliable, as Indian sites aided by AI chat-bots, grab for clicks and internet viewers, reposting and translating whatever can be found on the web.

Some dissident western sites are web-hosting now in India where they are less harassed. Indian authorities indulge Indians seeking to earn a meagre penny or two via web services, given a high level of inaccuracy on the web unavoidable in any case.

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