We Are Witnessing the Death of the Internet As We Know It

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We Are Witnessing the Death of the Internet As We Know It - Slate slate.com/technology/2025/08/uk-online-safety-act-reddit-wikipedia-open-internet.html

315 sats \ 4 comments \ @Scoresby 18 Aug tech

Understandably, the Brits are mighty peeved. Over 500,000 of them have signed a government petition demanding that the Online Safety Act be repealed, far surpassing the threshold for triggering a fresh legislative debate.

Is it better to have citizen pushback or to see an increase in the usage of tools for resisting government control of the internet?

I suppose it doesn't have to be an either/or kind of situation, but I'm hopeful that governments are going to push people out of their complacency.

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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @LibertasBR 13h

increase in the usage of tools for resisting government control of the internet

It’s much better to use tools they can’t control, than make a petition. As @Lux wrote here

Petition is:

appealing to “authority” in respect of a particular cause…

accepting a obligation

you may have had no obligation in the first place

102 sats \ 0 replies \ @Kael_Yurei 19 Aug

Perhaps the most hopeful sign is that we’re seeing both: a collective voice pushing back against authority, and a growing technical capacity for citizens to defend their own freedom. When those two paths converge, the pressure on governments becomes truly irresistible.

123 sats \ 0 replies \ @SwapMarket 18 Aug

Yes, we are. The cage is closing. Looking into Reticulum/LoRa/RNode tech to bypass ISP entirely.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Tony 18 Aug

I believe the people who push back are the same people who educate themselves on the dangers of digital gulag and therefore on the ways to bypass the totalitarianism.

With restrictions being arguably more tight in Russia their propaganda machine worked out great for the government — one can not protest without being sent to jail, which basically means being forced to go to war and almost certainly die — most people do not ask any questions any more and are confident that whatever the government is doing is meant to protect them.