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msongs

(72,516 posts) Sat Sep 20, 2025, 06:04 PM Sep 20

Jimmy Kimmel and Charlie Kirk What Trump et al do not understand about the Internet.(dKos)

small comforts - how trump et al cannot actually control the internet because it was designed
to be truly a world wide web......nice bit of history and explanation. by dumping kimmel the network is actually cutting its own throat down the line.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/9/18/2344255/-Jimmy-Kimmel-and-Charlie-Kirk-What-Trump-et-al-do-not-understand-about-the-Internet

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Jimmy Kimmel and Charlie Kirk What Trump et al do not understand about the Internet.(dKos) (Original Post) msongs Sep 20 OP

And yet, Fox "News" plays everywhere intrepidity Sep 20 #1

Thank Jiffy Lube lame54 Sep 20 #3

Perhaps they should ask China if its possible to control internet content in one's country at least to a large degree? AZJonnie Sep 20 #2

intrepidity

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1. And yet, Fox "News" plays everywhere

Reply to msongs (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 06:39 PM

Sep 20

I don't quite understand this incongruity.

As the article portrays, yes, the Internet was built on decentralization, and yes, the Internet is far more valuable and content-rich than broadcast (or cable) television.

Yet....yet...Fox "News" has outsized and stubbornly persistent influence.

lame54

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3. Thank Jiffy Lube

Reply to intrepidity (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 09:11 PM

Sep 20

AZJonnie

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2. Perhaps they should ask China if its possible to control internet content in one's country at least to a large degree?

Reply to msongs (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 07:20 PM

Sep 20

Anything you can't control (if you really want to, which is a LOT), you impose draconian penalties for providing/viewing/accessing/saying whatever the government dislikes, via the internet.

I would not advise hanging my hat on the premise that the internet can't effectively be severely restricted given a government will (especially with a staggering amount of AI power at it's disposal) to do so

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