Catherine Dumont

The idea of an Internet Kill Switch arises, both locally and on a global scale, as a kind of protective “countermeasure”. It is the ability of governments to restrict or directly block access to the Internet: shut down all servers and connections.

The very idea that a government can shut down the Internet generates intrigue and controversy.

World Economic Forum suggest the possibility of a global Internet blackout, the issue takes on a new dimension. We must think of much more than just responses to possible crises: it could be a measure of global reco

reconfiguration, what they themselves have named “the great reset”.

China completely turned off the Internet service in one of its regions, Xinjiang, for almost a year, following a series of violent clashes between two ethnic groups, the Han and the Uighurs, which resulted in a death toll of at least 185 and 1000 injured

Let’s keep in mind that China is one of the countries that most exercises censorship on the Internet: it blocks the use and download of applications, and carries out exhaustive monitoring of network access. It also censors specific content, such as everything related to the 1989 protests and massacre in Tiananmen Square, when the government reacted violently to pro-democracy demonstrations. On the 20th anniversary of this massacre, Internet servers were required to perform “maintenance” for three days, with all connections cut off.