tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post16780812240467867..comments2024-03-28T07:50:06.102-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: RT — Ex-Google CEO: Internet will split in two, with China controlling halfmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-62344927692560500012018-09-22T07:54:49.737-04:002018-09-22T07:54:49.737-04:00This sounds like a good idea.....This sounds like a good idea.....Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-21891956414658834932018-09-21T15:18:20.698-04:002018-09-21T15:18:20.698-04:00Meanwhile Russia is creating its own parallel Inte...Meanwhile Russia is creating its own parallel Internet. <br /><br />Censorship by media giants (e.g. Google) gets worse every day, and is driving people to seek alternatives. <br /><br />In Oct 2016 the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was privatized. ICANN (headquartered in Los Angeles) assigns all Internet suffixes (e.g. .com, .net, .org) plus country suffixes. <br /><br />When ICANN moves to cut Russia out of the Internet, the world will lose trust in ICANN, and will flock to alternatives. <br /><br />With the Internet, trust is critical. Every network operator and every Internet device developer trusts that when a phone, laptop, or computer queries a DNS server, it will get a reliable and accurate response. If the response doesn’t come, there is panic. People stop taking the Internet for granted, and start looking for alternatives.<br /><br /><i> “Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt predicts that the internet, as we know it, will split in two within the next decade, with one side led by China. Schmidt warned that a Chinese-controlled internet would be subject to the Chinese government's censorship.”</i><br /><br />And the U.S. government and U.S. corporations don’t engage in censorship? Facebook and Google purge accounts and video channels every day. <br /><br />Al-Manar has been banned throughout the West, including Australia. This is a Lebanese satellite television station affiliated with Hezbollah, which is part of the Lebanese government. [Al-Manar's programming consists of 25% music videos and fillers, 25% comedy and drama series, 25% talk shows, and 25% news and family shows, plus sports.] <br /><br />In March 2006 the U.S. government named Al-Manar a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist Entity.” <br /><br />In a 2008, Javed Iqbal (a Pakistani who had spent almost all his life in New York City) was sentenced to 6 ½ years for broadcasting the Al-Manar channel in the USA.<br /><br />But remember: only China has censorship.Konradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739209449391854796noreply@blogger.com