cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoWhat would happen if North Korea's internet privileges+access were forcefully cut off?message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down16
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareWhat would happen if North Korea's internet privileges+access were forcefully cut off?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareGuy Dudeman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month agoIsn’t that already the case? Or are you talking in terms of the government access to the worldwide internet?
minus-squareabff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.uslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoYeah, there’s generally no internet access in NK, with only a handful of exceptions. For 25 million North Koreans, the internet is an impossibility. Source: https://www.wired.com/story/internet-reality-north-korea/ For what would happen if the gov’t lost access, well, this happened a decade ago, see https://www.vox.com/2014/12/22/7435625/north-korea-internet
minus-squareGuy Dudeman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month agoThen yeah, Russia or China would help them get around that.
Isn’t that already the case? Or are you talking in terms of the government access to the worldwide internet?
Yeah, there’s generally no internet access in NK, with only a handful of exceptions.
Source: https://www.wired.com/story/internet-reality-north-korea/
For what would happen if the gov’t lost access, well, this happened a decade ago, see https://www.vox.com/2014/12/22/7435625/north-korea-internet
Yes
Then yeah, Russia or China would help them get around that.