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Donald Trump May 'Turn Off the Internet'. How even? A thought experiment.

www.newsweek.com Donald Trump may "turn off the internet" if elected, former staffer says

Speaking on MSNBC, Miles Taylor, who worked in Trump's administration, outlined the potential threats of a second Trump term.

Donald Trump may "turn off the internet" if elected, former staffer says

Sounds silly of course, and it is silly. But I thought it would be interesting to think it through. And with multiple minds.

How do you go about "turning off the internet" for a particular country? Because this is being attributed to Trump, I'm presuming that "turn off the internet" could mean a number of things.

Mess with DNS? Disable infrastructure? Buy out telecom?

Let's say we're committed to this task, how do we go about it? Let's hear the crazy ideas

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