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Choke Point Project – Towards a Distributed Internet Infrastructure

News of an interesting up-and-coming Internet mapping project:

“During the recent uprising in Egypt, in February 2011,  the order was given to “turn off” the Internet, sending shock-waves around the world. Murmurs were heard of US security agencies and American politicians asking for access to a similar kill switch. These actions force us to look at who owns the Internet.

The Choke Point Project maps the nodes of control in service of the multitude of global citizens under who authoritarian regimes can act upon without their consent. We are in favor of exploring approaches to the decentralization of access in favor of guaranteeing connectivity as a counter-weight to the control of the Internet by nation states and corporate influence.

A team comprised of web researchers, software developers and data visualization experts aim to gather data from across the web and show the control points, while clearly explaining the issues involved: history of Internet control, current legal situation, choke points, possible strategies for decentralization, reasons for and against kill switches.”

The project is supported by the P2P Foundation.

See more at the Choke Point Project website

Francesca Musiani

Chercheuse postdoctorale, MINES ParisTech Yahoo! Fellow in Residence, Georgetown University

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Francesca Musiani (18 mars 2011). Choke Point Project – Towards a Distributed Internet Infrastructure. Adam. Consulté le 1 novembre 2024 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/alek


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Francesca Musiani

Chercheuse postdoctorale, MINES ParisTech Yahoo! Fellow in Residence, Georgetown University

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