Investigative reporter Yasha Levine uncovered the secret origins of the internet, tracing it back to a Pentagon counterinsurgency surveillance project in his 2018 book 'Surveillance Valley'.

Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml · edit-2 7 days ago

Investigative reporter Yasha Levine uncovered the secret origins of the internet, tracing it back to a Pentagon counterinsurgency surveillance project in his 2018 book 'Surveillance Valley'.

Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml · 6 days ago

It was one of the biggest reasons why the Chinese created their domesticated internet instead of letting American telecomms build it for them.

TabularTuxedo@lemmygrad.ml · 5 days ago

True. That decision really paid off. Honestly, I think that having a sovereign internet ecosystem is gonna be on par with having nukes as a prerequisite for a sovereign nation. We’ll have to see if other great powers are gonna ditch Statesian services in this century. Iran and Russia seem to be heading towards China’s path, at least.