Is the Internet Fragmenting?

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Microsoft and the Greater Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC-DC) presented a four-part series of dialogues on the different types of Internet fragmentation and their policy impacts. This was organized in response to recent developments related to the Internet that have prompted alarming questions about whether it is fragmenting. They include a diverse set of technical, business, and policy developments and decisions that have been taken in response to the continued growth and globalization of the Internet, and its evolving role as critical infrastructure for the digital economy globally. Taken together, they raise overarching concerns about whether the global Internet is moving from a universal system to one characterized by various types of fragmentation that are caused either by intended or unintended consequences of technical, commercial, and/or political decision taken without full consideration of their potential impact.

 

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