Like a meteor, the internet’s first truly global phenomenon flew bright and fast before getting burned up.
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On August 5, 2020, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a eulogy for the global internet. He didn’t call it that, of course; instead, in his weekly presentation to the media at the State Department, he celebrated the launch of an expanded effort, called the Clean Network initiative, “to keep Americans’ data safe from untrusted vendors.”
In addition to efforts aimed at cutting off Chinese telecommunications companies like Huawei — which is already barred from doing business
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