Nations want to be the ruler of the internet – at least within their own borders

Friday, November 14, 2014 - 07:00 in Mathematics & Economics

While there is only one world power on the internet, that situation will not last forever. The internet's underpinning technologies were mostly created in the US, the initial networks were based there – and today the US hosts the majority of the most powerful internet companies. Although the international community has fought minor battles on internet sovereignty for years, the de facto power that stems from this US-centricism has for a long time seemed acceptable. But with the revelations – not even all following from Snowden – about international mass surveillance by the US and its allies, it's inevitable the gloves have had to come off.

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