Meaning of splinternet | Babel Free

Definitions

A fragmented internet, or one of its separate parts.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Wise words from one of advertising's elder statesmen, who has seen the industry evolve from TV, radio, and print⟳ to today's splinternet.”

“Increasingly, writers refer⟳ to internets or splinternets as ways to describe⟳ an increasingly fragmented web in which power brokers create⟳ limited access to the Web and the curricular informality of connectivity is challenged by formality.”

“The splinternet fear is often presented as a binary choice between one global Facebook or Google, or 200 versions. But there are ideas floating around to set⟳ a global baseline of online expression, and a process⟳ for adjudicating disputes.”

“The demise of “de minimis”, as the exemption is known, is the latest, symbolic reminder to digital darlings that frontiers exist⟳—and that business models built on their absence are in need⟳ of a rethink.”

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