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Fonky_Fesh t1_ixlcdn4 wrote

Not just split by nations - search engines and social media, news media too - and while there isn't much evidence of traffic manipulation, companies like cloudflare wield a disproportionate amount of power over internet communications. That's not to say that there are dangerous places on the internet that people need to be protected from, but the idea of a totally neutral and open internet has long since been a thing of the past.

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dyskinet1c t1_ixmj7vn wrote

Also, the power of the big cloud hosting providers is already being looked at as a systemic risk for financial institutions.

In the UK, banks are required to report their use of cloud services to the financial regulators because of the risk a major outage could pose.

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RanCestor t1_ixpeodv wrote

They do it in Finland and it's governmental. Not kidding you. Our bureau of traffic control decided to take on the internet lol.

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