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erronis

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2. It will be so easy to slowly cripple the internet in the US.

Thu Sep 18, 2025, 12:16 PM

Sep 18

All the major ISPs are beholden to federal licensing.

First, some tests of targeted slowdowns and dropped connection/packets for identified sub-groups of users. Hard to ascribe blame.

Next, filtering and manipulation of content for larger groups. Some of the groups won't know that their internet feeds are being manipulated. Still hard to pinpoint who is doing this.

Then start advertising that prohibited content will be treated as a crime against the state. Make the sheep start self-monitoring themselves. Also encourage people to flag content to a federal authority that has links to ICE/stazi.

Might as well then go full bore at this point and have only one ISP with one channel with one voice.

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The Taliban's internet ban spreads across Afghanistan as more provinces are shut down [View all] riversedge Sep 18 OP

And in the U.S. Marthe48 Sep 18 #1

It will be so easy to slowly cripple the internet in the US. erronis Sep 18 #2

Internet privacy and freedom speech is also under attack JCMach1 Sep 18 #4

Odd occurrence when Los Angeles was invaded by Ice, their was simultaneously a widespread outage of internet service. Buddyzbuddy Sep 18 #3

I missed that news. Thanks. riversedge Sep 19 #5

I remember it well. We had sketchy internet for at least a week. Buddyzbuddy Sep 19 #6