Explain to Shane: Understanding the ‘splinternet’ and online security (with Nick Merrill)

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This week, the AEI Podcast Channel features the latest episode of Explain to Shane . You can find Explain to Shane on Apple Podcasts , Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. The potential for a fragmented, decentralized global internet (or “splinternet”) is a concern on many levels. Two aspects of internet governance are at play here: the technical aspects of connectivity (or lack thereof), and content delivery — in essence, what material is permitted, censored, or filtered. As China, Russia, and authoritarian-leaning regimes advance top-down visions of the internet that reflect their national interests, will the internet fragment further? And what would moving away from the status quo…