{"id":1189,"date":"2020-09-24T10:20:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T10:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isoc.si\/?p=1189"},"modified":"2021-10-08T08:44:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T08:44:34","slug":"internet-society-u-s-administration-ban-of-tiktok-and-wechat-is-a-direct-attack-on-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isoc.si\/?p=1189","title":{"rendered":"Internet Society: U.S. Administration ban of TikTok and WeChat is a direct attack on the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. Administration\u2019s move to ban TikTok and WeChat for U.S. app stores is a direct attack on the Internet. It is an extreme measure that fundamentally undermines the foundation of the Internet. It\u2019s especially a threat&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/resources\/doc\/2020\/internet-impact-assessment-toolkit\/critical-properties-of-the-internet\/\">to the principles of openness and accessibility<\/a>&nbsp;as well as its decentralized management.&nbsp;<strong>The Internet has no center. This type of top-down intervention is worrisome because \u2013 similar to efforts in China \u2013 it tries to impose a centralized management style that runs counter to how&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/issues\/internet-way-of-networking\/\">the Internet actually works<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This total ban goes contrary to the United States\u2019 commitment to an open Internet. If the Administration wanted to support an open Internet, it would have avoided this route; rather, it would have first tried to understand how such actions may affect the Internet and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/issues\/internet-way-of-networking\/internet-impact-assessment-toolkit\/\">conducted an impact assessment<\/a>. An Internet impact assessment is needed for any policy or regulation that could affect the Internet to make sure our actions don\u2019t break the foundation that makes it work for everyone.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>At a time where society is increasingly reliant on the connectivity and opportunity that an open Internet enables, this move is counterproductive.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Administration\u2019s move to ban TikTok and WeChat for U.S. app stores is a direct attack on the Internet. It is an extreme measure that fundamentally undermines the foundation of the Internet. It\u2019s especially a threat&nbsp;to the principles of openness and accessibility&nbsp;as well as its decentralized management.&nbsp;The Internet has no center. This type of  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isoc.si\/?p=1189\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101010,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isoc.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isoc.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isoc.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isoc.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/101010"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isoc.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.isoc.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1190,"href":"https:\/\/www.isoc.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189\/revisions\/1190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isoc.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isoc.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isoc.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}