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I typically took a position of sideline outrage when seeing stuff like this, but then my friend went to Australia and I could no longer talk to him via Signal because of their government's troglodytic legislation. It's a shame we're continuing on this path of splinternets but I guess it was inevitable.


For context, Splinternet: β€œis a characterization of the Internet as splintering and dividing due to various factors, such as technology, commerce, politics, nationalism, religion, and divergent national interests.”

Source:

- https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Splinternet




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