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Why Has Cameroon Blocked the Internet? (bbc.com)
It has been over three weeks since English-speaking parts of Cameroon, a country on the west coast of Africa between Nigeria and Gabon, has had no internet connectivity. Residents believe, according to a BBC report, that the government is behind it. From the report: The two regions affected, South-West and North-West, have seen anti-government protests in recent months. Just a day before services disappeared, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued a statement in which it warned social media users of criminal penalties if they were to "issue or spread information, including by way of electronic communications or information technology systems, without any evidence." There has been no official comment about the internet since then (or any credible reports of technical faults) leading many Cameroonians to conclude that the severing of services is part of government attempts to stifle dissent. In criticising their government, some Cameroonians have also taken aim at the mobile phone companies who provide the services through which many access the internet. These firms may not have been able to prevent the outage, since they all rely on fibre-optic infrastructure provided by a state-owned company, but nor have they been objecting publicly about the interruption to their services.
Their citizens deserve a voice! America should take a stand here.
This idea that America needs to try and help every country in the world when we have our own problems is what gets people like Trump elected. "America First" isn't just about foreign labor.
Not every country. Just ones that have exploitable resources and where puppet governments can be installed.
This is why Mesh networking protocols are so important, we need to get ahead of this here in the U.S. because:
DT:I can't be live they insulted me on the internet, I want to get rid of that thing. ... ...
Sir you can't just 'get rid' of the internet
DT:sure I can, I'll just shut it off.
Sir, there is no way to sut off the internet.
DT:Do it, shut it off now, it's a matter of national security.
click.