A German-American research team led by the University of Konstanz has mapped the ownership of network infrastructures in democratic and authoritarian states worldwide to show how autocrats control the internet via state-owned service providers.

What country is that yellow dot right near 100?

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Pure western propaganda. We don’t even have Democracy - just oligarchy/fascism…

davel [he/him]
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The characteristic pattern: In authoritarian states, more influential internet service providers are predominantly state-owned, whereas in democracies they are largely privatized.

Uh-huh. As Edward Snowden showed us, the more neoliberal a country is the more free 🙄 And public infrastructure is socialism is when no iPhone.

Edit to add: See also Room 641A » NSA Leak Vindicates AT&T Whistleblower

@Gabu@lemmy.world
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What gave you the impression that the US is not classified as an authoritarian state?

Bourgeois democratic research institutions never do. I mean, just look at their funding.

Kinda depressing

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