three internets US China EU

$A flat-vector glass sphere splits into three mid-air fragments representing the Open Internet at 4.9 billion users, the Chinese Internet at 1.05 billion, and the rising Sovereign Splinternet across 50 nations — with a glowing fracture origin point marked 2016 and stat callouts on 5.4 billion total users, 32 sovereign internet nations, and a $1 trillion fragmentation cost — illustrating the fracturing of the global internet into three systems. future of the internet.$

By Sukh Dhaliwal

September 25, 2026

three internets US China EU

The Internet Is Fracturing Into Three Systems: Future of the Internet

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