>I wonder if this is just because they would like as much control over their population as possible and they want their own Internet, as they would like their own "Twitter", and own "Facebook" and so on, out of a strong sense of nationalism,
Nationalism, or merely, wanting control over your own country, is also at play, here.
Americans think every other country should be OK with them having control over the internet, what with ICANN, Google, Twitter, Facebook et al. Proposals such as SOPA, PIPA, etc, or the MegaUpload arrests, make it more evident why this is not the case.
Nationalism, or merely, wanting control over your own country, is also at play, here.
Americans think every other country should be OK with them having control over the internet, what with ICANN, Google, Twitter, Facebook et al. Proposals such as SOPA, PIPA, etc, or the MegaUpload arrests, make it more evident why this is not the case.