Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. RFI
Daily Mail: The internet will 'split in two' by 2028 with one half led by the US and the other by China, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt claims
* Eric Schmidt worked as CEO and later executive chairman of Google for 17 years
* He says the internet will become two distinct worlds within the next decade
* China's censorship and control over its citizens' online access means the country will eventually run its own version of the internet, Schmidt suggests
The internet will be divided into two different worlds within the next decade – and China will lead one of them, according to ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
The 63-year-old multi-billionaire says the censorship and control the Chinese government wields over its citizens' online access means it is incompatible with the democratic internet of the west.
This means there will be two distinct versions of the world wide web by 2028, one run by China and the other by the US.
The process is already happening, with the so-called Great Firewall of China blocking Chinese citizens from accessing several of the internet's most popular websites, including Facebook and YouTube.
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WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction. The Chinese internet will not be interesting.
2 comments:
I think China is trying to figure out a way to monitor, control and threaten to imprison 100 percent of its population.
GOOGLE,
ENGINE,
R,
The Democrats already control a 100% of the U.S. with sham elections.
If you cheat on 5% or more of the elections, then you have an inexorable pull Leftward that has the patina of legal and political legitimacy.
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