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The Internet, Divided Between the US and China, Has Become a Battleground (wsj.com)
The global internet is splitting in two. From a report: One side, championed in China, is a digital landscape where mobile payments have replaced cash. Smartphones are the devices that matter, and users can shop, chat, bank and surf the web with one app. The downsides: The government reigns absolute, and it is watching -- you may have to communicate with friends in code. And don't expect to access Google or Facebook.
On the other side, in much of the world, the internet is open to all. Users can say what they want, mostly, and web developers can roll out pretty much anything. People accustomed to China's version complain this other internet can seem clunky. You must toggle among apps to chat, shop, bank and surf the web. Some websites still don't seem to be designed with smartphones in mind. The two zones are beginning to clash with the advent of the superfast new generation of mobile technology called 5G.
China aims to be the biggest provider of gear underlying the networks, and along with that it is pushing client countries to adopt its approach to the web -- essentially urging some to use versions of the "Great Firewall" that Beijing uses to control its internet and contain the West's influence. Battles are popping up around the world as Chinese tech giants try to use their market power at home to expand abroad, something they've largely failed to do so far. Some Silicon Valley executives worry the divergence risks giving Chinese companies an advantage in new technologies such as artificial intelligence, partly because they face fewer restrictions over privacy and data protection. Further reading: Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Predicts the Internet Will Split in Two By 2028 -- and One Part Will Be Led By China.
On the other side, in much of the world, the internet is open to all. Users can say what they want, mostly, and web developers can roll out pretty much anything. People accustomed to China's version complain this other internet can seem clunky. You must toggle among apps to chat, shop, bank and surf the web. Some websites still don't seem to be designed with smartphones in mind. The two zones are beginning to clash with the advent of the superfast new generation of mobile technology called 5G.
China aims to be the biggest provider of gear underlying the networks, and along with that it is pushing client countries to adopt its approach to the web -- essentially urging some to use versions of the "Great Firewall" that Beijing uses to control its internet and contain the West's influence. Battles are popping up around the world as Chinese tech giants try to use their market power at home to expand abroad, something they've largely failed to do so far. Some Silicon Valley executives worry the divergence risks giving Chinese companies an advantage in new technologies such as artificial intelligence, partly because they face fewer restrictions over privacy and data protection. Further reading: Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Predicts the Internet Will Split in Two By 2028 -- and One Part Will Be Led By China.
... I expect the Internet world to segment into Internet countries. The Internet, as we know it today, will be a relic in 20 years.
Don't fool yourself for a moment. Every world government outside of China aspires to the Chinese model - that the Internet is a tool of the panopticon. Every government on this planet is self-serving, hungry for more power and control, and is literally TERRIFIED of a free People. NO EXCEPTIONS.
No one here is going to buy 5G hardware with built in Chinese Government Approved and Controlled AI to restrict communication just because they make a lot of them or use them there.
Yeah, instead we'll just buy United States Government approved and backdoored chips to execute US corporate AI that monitors and analyzes our thoughts and movements for the powers that be to utilize and profit from in any way they see fit.
Seems like hardly any difference between the two, except the US govt can put you in jail or do other things to you that the Chinese gov't can't do without somehow getting you to visit China first.
Separation of state and legacy religions perhaps, but not between state and the new god called capitalism.
In the same way that older governments promoted one religion in a way that screwed everyone, modern governments often promote capitalism in a way that screws everyone. America is probably the worst example, with politics dominated by corporate interests and corporate money.
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First world = the USA and its allies (back when they pulled their weight and weren't useless freeloaders). Second world = the USSR and its satellites. Third world = everyone else.
The second world ceased to exist around 1991. No, China isn't a part of it, they broke with the Soviets in the 1960s.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
The right wing is hardly religious at all any more.
It's fascinating to observe the absolute and unmitigated bullshit you continue to post here.
Good Job Ken, keep it up!
China is a Communist Totalitarian Dictatorship with a thin veneer of capitalism.
Never forget that. Never be surprised at the atrocious things it does.
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
They won't listen in the U.S. either. You won't be disappeared, but you will be pepper sprayed.
But the point is if you are an American living in the U.S., a Chinese government back door and spying is less dangerous to you than a U.S. government back door and spying.
The converse is also true.