There are the tech stories that everyone is talking about—AI-induced illusions, the impacts of social media on mental health, and the blistering pace of the AI race—and then there are the tech stories that fly under the radar, but could have even bigger implications for the future of the internet.
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This newsletter is about one of those stories.
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The global, open internet is rapidly disappearing. In its place, a fragmented internet is emerging, where each country controls and manages its digital infrastructure, content, connectivity, and governance.
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This is the era of “the splinternet,” where individual nations carefully curate and control their internet.