Corruption and Control: Turkmenistan turned internet censorship into a business(blog.torproject.org)
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Corruption and Control: Turkmenistan turned internet censorship into a business
https://blog.torproject.org/Corruption-Control-Turkmenistan-internet-censorship-business/
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I wonder what underpins the arising of this kind of pattern of authoritarian government, which we also see arising in supposedly liberal Western democracies.
Some people voice concern about the emergence of “prison planet” (a phrase with varied meanings), but with the rise of mass surveillance, drone tech, AI and authoritarianism I can well imagine the worst patterns of governance finding a stable equilibrium for a considerable period of time.
Some people voice concern about the emergence of “prison planet” (a phrase with varied meanings), but with the rise of mass surveillance, drone tech, AI and authoritarianism I can well imagine the worst patterns of governance finding a stable equilibrium for a considerable period of time.
I think these guys have a lot to do with the rise of authoritarianism in the West…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Economic_Forum
Read up on what they advocate for and who they’re influencing and you’ll start to understand what’s going in the world a little better. Chilling stuff for sure.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Economic_Forum
Read up on what they advocate for and who they’re influencing and you’ll start to understand what’s going in the world a little better. Chilling stuff for sure.
Do you have any links investigating how they've been backing Trump? It feels like he's right in line with the overall corporate-authoritarian agenda, but with a kayfabe of a different flavor for the sake of distraction.
The WEF supports leftist authoritarianism, not the Trump/MAGA flavored variety.
I think they are indirectly responsible for his rise, because he is a direct result of the growing backlash against globalist policies.
I think they are indirectly responsible for his rise, because he is a direct result of the growing backlash against globalist policies.
The flavors of authoritarianism are just different marketing for the plebs. When people grow weary of one, they flop to the other for a new promise of different easy answers.
Why do you think they're somehow disjoint? Even if there is some friendly competition between different factions of elites jockeying for power based on how they market themselves, from an individual/liberty perspective why wouldn't you still consider them more alike than different?
Why do you think they're somehow disjoint? Even if there is some friendly competition between different factions of elites jockeying for power based on how they market themselves, from an individual/liberty perspective why wouldn't you still consider them more alike than different?
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The blog cites an interesting tool called COST: The NetBlocks Cost of Shutdown Tool
https://netblocks.org/projects/cost
NetBlocks Cost of Shutdown Tool™ (COST) is a data-driven online service that enables anyone – including journalists, researchers, advocates, policy makers, businesses, and others – to quickly and easily produce rough estimates of the economic cost of Internet disruptions.
https://progres.online/reports/internet-freedom/what-does-in...
"It indicates that a total internet shutdown in Turkmenistan for one day could result in a loss of 17.4 million USD, which translates to 6.4 billion USD per year, equivalent to around 7.8% of the country’s GDP in 2023."
NetBlocks Cost of Shutdown Tool™ (COST) is a data-driven online service that enables anyone – including journalists, researchers, advocates, policy makers, businesses, and others – to quickly and easily produce rough estimates of the economic cost of Internet disruptions.
https://progres.online/reports/internet-freedom/what-does-in...
"It indicates that a total internet shutdown in Turkmenistan for one day could result in a loss of 17.4 million USD, which translates to 6.4 billion USD per year, equivalent to around 7.8% of the country’s GDP in 2023."
> It was reported by Progres Foundation that this Internet shutdown has potentially costed 8% of Turkmenistan's annual GDP.
That’s a lot.
That’s a lot.
don't go that far, look at Cuba: 90 miles from the US's shores. Systemic corruption and narco dictatorship.
"Create a problem, create the solution and profit from it" is not unique to Turkmenistan nor a new concept. I wouldn't be surprised if this is also true of the "anti-AI crawling" and "identity verification" stuff that's now showing up.