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If Congress Won’t Take On Big Tech, Conservatives Have No Choice But To Build Their Own Internet
The Federalist ^ | March 5, 2021 | Greg Steube and Martin Avila

Posted on 03/05/2021 7:31:00 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 03/05/2021 7:31:00 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Financed by whom?


2 posted on 03/05/2021 7:33:24 AM PST by kaktuskid
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To: Kaslin

What are “they” waiting for ?


3 posted on 03/05/2021 7:34:01 AM PST by Sparky1776
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We are past this point. Already Gitmo.Life is up with tens of thousands of users, no censorship and no SPYWARE tracking anyone.

So, go see what happens when Patriots fight censorship by taking industry into their own hands. (Beats easily Gab and Parler.)


4 posted on 03/05/2021 7:34:56 AM PST by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Que magnificent! 👹)
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To: Kaslin

The author’s ignorance is astounding.

There’s only one internet. There will always be only one.

The internet is fiber, routers and switches upon which applications are built.


5 posted on 03/05/2021 7:37:11 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Kaslin

Who didn’t know this was coming? Our side is tolerant. The left is maniacally intolerant. Anyone who has engaged in political debates over the past 30 years is aware of this.


6 posted on 03/05/2021 7:39:38 AM PST by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: Kaslin

If it their last card in the deck, government officials would force utility providers to turn off the power and water to offending parties.


7 posted on 03/05/2021 7:42:46 AM PST by GSWarrior
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You WANT Congress to stay out and stop interfering with free enterprise (Big Tech).

Conservatives should absolutely build their own internet.

The answer is never more unconstitutional government. The answer is always LESS GOVNEMT, MORE FREEDOM, opening up competition in the marketplace so rich and smart Patriots can out-compete the Left.

But get unconstitutional out of there with their with their unconstitutional subsides, bribes, and kickbacks which is why we have Leftist Big Business and Big Tech dominance right now.


8 posted on 03/05/2021 8:02:09 AM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Kaslin

It’s already happening. Conservatives are using Gab and Telegram for socializing, Duckduckgo for searching, Rumble for videos, Brave for browsing, Proton and Tutanota for email, etc.


9 posted on 03/05/2021 8:16:06 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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One way to fight back is to hide content from Google. Avoid the techniques suggested by Google.
10 posted on 03/05/2021 8:25:31 AM PST by Spirochete
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I went Gitmo.Life and I saw nothing except a request to sign up for their service.


11 posted on 03/05/2021 9:08:59 AM PST by poconopundit (Hard oak fist in an Irish velvet glove: Kayleigh the Shillelagh we salute your work!)
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To: Kaslin

That’s just what they want - dissenting ideologies to be siloed off and not incluence mainstream cultute.


12 posted on 03/05/2021 9:09:02 AM PST by nickcarraway (<p>)
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To: Kaslin

Be a lot cheaper to just buy Google and Twitter


13 posted on 03/05/2021 9:10:27 AM PST by kjam22
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To: poconopundit

You have to sign up to get access to the content among the tens of thousands of users I think.

I forgot as I did it earlier this year. But it’s a rollicking good time. Lots of patriots with varying interests and views.


14 posted on 03/05/2021 9:30:46 AM PST by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Que magnificent! 👹)
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To: Kaslin; GOPJ; rlmorel; V K Lee; Liz; HarleyLady27; tinyowl; alloysteel
Actually, this is easier to do than it was years ago.

Businesses in the same industry don't have to ride on the public internet.  They can setup a secure private network for themselves.

This is what's called an IPX or IP exchange.

So there's really no need to build a whole new internet, or HTML protocols.  You just use existing telecom infrastructure, data centers, and ISPs to deliver private conversations and surfing.  Just set up a secure overlay on the existing infrastructure -- an IPX.

In the mobile telephony business, for example, a few IPXs are used to move data and voice between operators when a person roams to a new country.  Many hundreds of companies are connected on these fast and secure private networks.

So if Parler and Gab and the rest them want to compete, this is the way to go.

Governments must not be allowed to interfere with the flow of these IPXs.  The Trump wing of the GOP should have its own.  And don't allow Rat Romney in.

From the Wikipedia story, an expert at the mobile association GSMA says,

And I would added:

The biggest problem is that the internet is advertising-based.  When you search for information, you're bombarded with advertising or commercial bias.   This is the not-so-secret conspiracy that's destroying free speech on the web, and Wikipedia is inside the conspirators' walls so cannot be trusted for objectivity in the realm of politics.

And this also explains why political truth is buried by CNN stories. One big reason is that Comcast, Disney, AT&T, and the other big news networks are paying Google for that search engine bias.

To get around this, we need unbiased moderators.  And a private IPX is a good technical path to move in that direction.

15 posted on 03/05/2021 9:49:09 AM PST by poconopundit (Hard oak fist in an Irish velvet glove: Kayleigh the Shillelagh we salute your work!)
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They need to open up and give people a peek. People are tired of signing into unknown companies on the web. But I wish them success.


16 posted on 03/05/2021 9:57:41 AM PST by poconopundit (Hard oak fist in an Irish velvet glove: Kayleigh the Shillelagh we salute your work!)
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I can only recall that it took all of a minute to sign up and I hear it has tens of thousands of people already.

The Gitmo.Life creators saw the weakness with Parler and Gab but recognize the entire social media scene is bereft with problems of censorship, Spyware and tracking you across the internet. This information also goes to the government.

So, I saw Richard Baris there with his wife and he speaks highly of Gitmo.Life too.


17 posted on 03/05/2021 10:25:24 AM PST by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Que magnificent! 👹)
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To: poconopundit

Nice deconstruction....thanks.


18 posted on 03/05/2021 11:18:50 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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Well, hearing that Richard Baris is there gives me confidence. I saw him on election night with Larry Schweikart. He’s terrific.


19 posted on 03/05/2021 11:35:24 AM PST by poconopundit (Hard oak fist in an Irish velvet glove: Kayleigh the Shillelagh we salute your work!)
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To: Kaslin

There’s a factor known as The Network Effect that gets ignored or overlooked in these fantasies of “build your own internet”.


20 posted on 03/05/2021 2:55:06 PM PST by Pelham (Liberate the Democrats from their Communist occupation)
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