“The media thinks: Here’s the photo, here’s the writings, we have all the evidence. But they haven’t caught up to this splinternet reality, where words can mean a dozen different things depending on which Gen Z subgroup or video game you’re talking about”
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/m...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/m...
The meme-ification of political violence
It's less ideology than the internet — what the media and Trump don't understand about the current wave of shootings.
www.msnbc.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“The media thinks: Here’s the photo, here’s the writings, we have all the evidence. But they haven’t caught up to this splinternet reality, where words can mean a dozen different things depending on which Gen Z subgroup or video game you’re talking about”
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/m...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/m...
Twitter vs Threads vs Bluesky vs Mastodon is the social media microcosm of the splinternet.
January 23, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Twitter vs Threads vs Bluesky vs Mastodon is the social media microcosm of the splinternet.
one of the things that was interesting about Twitter was that it really was multilingual, there were whole worlds out there that most people never saw. wonder if something of that scale will ever be recreated, or whether we're now in a new age of the splinternet.
July 1, 2023 at 11:29 PM
one of the things that was interesting about Twitter was that it really was multilingual, there were whole worlds out there that most people never saw. wonder if something of that scale will ever be recreated, or whether we're now in a new age of the splinternet.
So basically fuck the Coimisiún na Meán.
Thanks to them the EU is now one of the jurisdictions where you need to use a VPN to remain relatively free and anonymous online. The splinternet is truly here.
I've been feeling a lot of cyberlibertarianism flowing though my bones lately.
Thanks to them the EU is now one of the jurisdictions where you need to use a VPN to remain relatively free and anonymous online. The splinternet is truly here.
I've been feeling a lot of cyberlibertarianism flowing though my bones lately.
It's starting now in the EU. Seeing this on X. Example in parent tweet to this reply: x.com/ttvcyechlin/...
Previously set DoB (well over 18) doesn't matter.
On the upside, porn was a pull factor on X so perhaps an opportunity for other platforms not participating in this mania to draw in users?
Previously set DoB (well over 18) doesn't matter.
On the upside, porn was a pull factor on X so perhaps an opportunity for other platforms not participating in this mania to draw in users?
July 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
So basically fuck the Coimisiún na Meán.
Thanks to them the EU is now one of the jurisdictions where you need to use a VPN to remain relatively free and anonymous online. The splinternet is truly here.
I've been feeling a lot of cyberlibertarianism flowing though my bones lately.
Thanks to them the EU is now one of the jurisdictions where you need to use a VPN to remain relatively free and anonymous online. The splinternet is truly here.
I've been feeling a lot of cyberlibertarianism flowing though my bones lately.
The #Splinternet continues
Russland hat "Ersatzinfrastrukturen" für den russischen Teil des Internets erprobt. Berichten zufolge waren drei Regionen vom Ausland abgekoppelt. #Internet
Test: Russland koppelt drei Regionen vom globalen Internet ab
Russland hat "Ersatzinfrastrukturen" für den russischen Teil des Internets erprobt. Berichten zufolge waren drei Regionen vom Ausland abgekoppelt.
www.heise.de
December 10, 2024 at 10:22 AM
The #Splinternet continues
Splinternet is simply Protectionism. :I
But in Networks.
Hehehe.
But in Networks.
Hehehe.
May 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Splinternet is simply Protectionism. :I
But in Networks.
Hehehe.
But in Networks.
Hehehe.
These are the messages to be watched that could lead to ‘two internet’ scenario, aka ‘splinternet’.
China’s top intelligence agency has warned that open-source information poses threats to national security by making sensitive data vulnerable to exploitation by foreign spies. www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
China’s intelligence ministry warns of security risks from open-source data
Ministry of State Security says improperly handled publicly available data such as social media is a ‘key source’ of intelligence for foreign spies.
www.scmp.com
December 2, 2024 at 1:31 PM
These are the messages to be watched that could lead to ‘two internet’ scenario, aka ‘splinternet’.
Another splinternet is forming? Sorry, UK mutuals and friends.
July 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Another splinternet is forming? Sorry, UK mutuals and friends.
The UK will rapidly become a digital backwater confined to its own Splinternet at this rate. I wonder when they will ban VPNs?
February 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The UK will rapidly become a digital backwater confined to its own Splinternet at this rate. I wonder when they will ban VPNs?
I can't speak for others, but I personally have been equally outraged and even pinned it as my list of concerns for what I believe to be the beginning of a splinternet. Especially since it will lead to breaches
www.404media.co/id-verificat...
www.404media.co/id-verificat...
ID Verification Service for TikTok, Uber, X Exposed Driver Licenses
As social networks and porn sites move towards a verified identity model, the actions of one cybersecurity researcher show that ID verification services themselves could get hacked too.
www.404media.co
January 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I can't speak for others, but I personally have been equally outraged and even pinned it as my list of concerns for what I believe to be the beginning of a splinternet. Especially since it will lead to breaches
www.404media.co/id-verificat...
www.404media.co/id-verificat...
I know a lot of folks whose opinion is "it's a bad law but it's just tiktok, it's not the end of the world." I would encourage folks to read this as this implications are well beyond just a short form video app. Between this, the push for KOSA, and porn id laws, we are witnessing a splinternet.
First take on the SCOTUS TikTok ban (combined with Biden saying "meh, now that we got what we fought for, we won't use it). A dark day for internet freedom.
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/17/s...
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/17/s...
SCOTUS: TikTok’s China Connection Is So Scary & Urgent, We Can Ban An Entire App. Biden Admin: Just Kidding, We Won’t Enforce It
It seemed pretty obvious from the way the Supreme Court’s oral arguments went regarding the TikTok ban that this would be the outcome: a 9-0 per curiam decision saying “eh, it’s fine to ban TikTok.…
www.techdirt.com
January 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I know a lot of folks whose opinion is "it's a bad law but it's just tiktok, it's not the end of the world." I would encourage folks to read this as this implications are well beyond just a short form video app. Between this, the push for KOSA, and porn id laws, we are witnessing a splinternet.
A European Internet for European People!
https://alecmuffett.com/article/109684
#EuropeanUnion #regulation #splinternet
https://alecmuffett.com/article/109684
#EuropeanUnion #regulation #splinternet
A European Internet for European People!
I’m still faintly horrified to see parochial internet fragmentation being lauded as ever desirable by social activists. Just don’t mention that that is similar to what China wants. R…
alecmuffett.com
April 26, 2024 at 10:50 AM
A European Internet for European People!
https://alecmuffett.com/article/109684
#EuropeanUnion #regulation #splinternet
https://alecmuffett.com/article/109684
#EuropeanUnion #regulation #splinternet
Αντιθέτως, είναι πολύ εύκολο να βγάλεις συμπέρασμα. Ο λόγος είναι ο ίδιος για τον οποίο όλα τα δυτικά social media είναι απαγορευμένα στην Κίνα (including tiktok). Η Κίνα βρίσκεται πρακτικά σε ένα splinternet. Περισσότερες πληροφορίες στο Great China Firewall στο Wikipedia.
January 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Αντιθέτως, είναι πολύ εύκολο να βγάλεις συμπέρασμα. Ο λόγος είναι ο ίδιος για τον οποίο όλα τα δυτικά social media είναι απαγορευμένα στην Κίνα (including tiktok). Η Κίνα βρίσκεται πρακτικά σε ένα splinternet. Περισσότερες πληροφορίες στο Great China Firewall στο Wikipedia.
Eu to evitando fazer julgamentos, creio que é a splinternet chegando e evoluindo pra uma para além das redes. Penso que o mundo globalizado fez promessas falsas demais e beneficiou poucos em detrimento de muitos, tenho esperança que isso possa ser um sinal de mudança, preciso de um mundo diferente
October 30, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Eu to evitando fazer julgamentos, creio que é a splinternet chegando e evoluindo pra uma para além das redes. Penso que o mundo globalizado fez promessas falsas demais e beneficiou poucos em detrimento de muitos, tenho esperança que isso possa ser um sinal de mudança, preciso de um mundo diferente
7️⃣ Rise of the splinternet
Governments that limit access to foreign websites lead to a splinternet, a fractured online experience.
Read more: protonvpn.com/blog/predict...
8/9
Governments that limit access to foreign websites lead to a splinternet, a fractured online experience.
Read more: protonvpn.com/blog/predict...
8/9
March 7, 2024 at 6:26 PM
7️⃣ Rise of the splinternet
Governments that limit access to foreign websites lead to a splinternet, a fractured online experience.
Read more: protonvpn.com/blog/predict...
8/9
Governments that limit access to foreign websites lead to a splinternet, a fractured online experience.
Read more: protonvpn.com/blog/predict...
8/9
Russia introduced new limits on VPNs in the last week - something experts tell me is the last few bricks in establishing the wall that will end with the splinternet. My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91337957/rus...
Putin’s dream of a state-controlled internet is becoming a reality
By banning VPN apps and pressuring tech platforms, the Kremlin is accelerating its long-standing effort to build a tightly controlled sovereign internet—cutting citizens off from the global web.
www.fastcompany.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Russia introduced new limits on VPNs in the last week - something experts tell me is the last few bricks in establishing the wall that will end with the splinternet. My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91337957/rus...
So, what is a Splinternet?
May 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
So, what is a Splinternet?
The trend towards digital home rule & #datalocalization has been building for over a decade. It's now becoming the new norm as jurisdictions of all political stripes are beginning to assert themselves over digital spaces in earnest & building new #DigitalBerlinWalls, brick by brick. #splinternet
August 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The trend towards digital home rule & #datalocalization has been building for over a decade. It's now becoming the new norm as jurisdictions of all political stripes are beginning to assert themselves over digital spaces in earnest & building new #DigitalBerlinWalls, brick by brick. #splinternet
3 meine Prognose ist, dass sich das Netz eh bald splittet (Splinternet hiess das mal) eine polizeyliche Version mit IDs und eine Kloake.
September 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
3 meine Prognose ist, dass sich das Netz eh bald splittet (Splinternet hiess das mal) eine polizeyliche Version mit IDs und eine Kloake.
a track about splinternet, social atomization and cyber balkanization
monartosafariland.bandcamp.com/track/soundc...
monartosafariland.bandcamp.com/track/soundc...
Soundclash Ecko Chambah Ft Wise-Weapon - Prod Green Dutch, by Irrefutable
from the album Hiroshima Signal Flares
monartosafariland.bandcamp.com
November 12, 2024 at 10:56 AM
a track about splinternet, social atomization and cyber balkanization
monartosafariland.bandcamp.com/track/soundc...
monartosafariland.bandcamp.com/track/soundc...
So if there is anybody to be cool at the Splinternet World the EU thinks it is not the USA but them.
July 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
So if there is anybody to be cool at the Splinternet World the EU thinks it is not the USA but them.
The fracturing of the internet is worsening at an accelerating pace. http://fortune.com/2019/05/29/splinternet-online-censorship/
The Splinternet Is Growing
Cyberbalkanization, in which countries seek to fence off the web into a series of national Internets, is worsening at an increasing pace.
fortune.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:04 AM
The fracturing of the internet is worsening at an accelerating pace. http://fortune.com/2019/05/29/splinternet-online-censorship/
Regardless of the actual believability of AI fakes, I think what we're going to end up seeing is a splinternet with at least one "real-names only" net that also uses whatever the most stringent fake-detection tech is to limit content sharing (or even prevents web 2.0 user content sharing altogether)
October 10, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Regardless of the actual believability of AI fakes, I think what we're going to end up seeing is a splinternet with at least one "real-names only" net that also uses whatever the most stringent fake-detection tech is to limit content sharing (or even prevents web 2.0 user content sharing altogether)