Summary of 35+ Countries Are Leaving the Global Internet

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This video discusses the trend of countries cutting themselves off from the global internet. It explains that this trend began several decades ago and has accelerated in recent years. The video discusses the different levels of isolation countries have adopted, including a blackout. Iran is mentioned as an example of a country that has adopted this level of isolation.

• 00:00:00 This video discusses the trend of countries cutting themselves off from the global internet. It explains that this trend began several decades ago and has accelerated in recent years. The video discusses the different levels of isolation countries have adopted, including a blackout. Iran is mentioned as an example of a country that has adopted this level of isolation.
• 00:05:00 The video discusses how 35+ countries are using various methods to cut their citizens off from the global internet, many of which require no technical skills or equipment. It also discusses how these methods are becoming more difficult to implement as technologies like VPNs and encryption become more popular.
• 00:10:00 This video discusses the issue of countries leaving the global internet, and how this is likely to happen in the future. Only Russia, Iran, and Turkey have demonstrated the ability to block undesirable services and filter out individual text messages. Beyond just filtering, many governments dream of creating a domestic internet that is fully independent from the rest of the world. However, this is extremely difficult to achieve and China is the only country to have achieved it thus far.
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