Tim Berners-Lee, the man who gave us the world wide web, dreamt the technology would unite us. But something went really wrong with the rise of social media.
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There’s really no such thing as one global internet – it all depends on your perspective. But the internet is poised to fracturing even more.
For more than a decade, the Russian government has been putting teeth into its doctrine of ‘digital sovereignty’ by steadily increasing censorship of content and control over internet access.
The Kremlin is pushing for a quick migration of all Russian websites and services to be hosted within the country. It could be the first stage of a larger disconnection effort.
The Trump administration’s attempts to ban TikTok and other Chinese technologies sets a dangerous precedent for internet regulation.
Should every country have the right to impose its own laws governing the internet on the rest of the world? If so, the internet could become almost unrecognisable.
Private companies – many based in the US – are blocking access to their websites from particular countries around the world. It’s contributing to a splintering of the global internet.
Locals laws and norms are breaking up the internet as we know it.
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Professor of Digital Communications and Culture, The University of Sydney, University of Sydney
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Professor specialising in Internet law, Bond University
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Senior Lecturer, Communications and Media Studies, Monash University
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Co-director and Senior Researcher, Social Media Lab, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Ph.D. Student in Computer Science, University of Michigan
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James H. Billington Fellow, Indiana University
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Associate Professor in Cyber Security, Adelaide University
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Deputy Dean, School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University
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Associate Dean, Interaction, Technology and Information, RMIT University