The Structure of the Internet is changing forever
The entire structure and our ideas of people access and use the Internet are beginning to be redefined. Several countries have recently moved to censor web traffic, filter IPs and outright ban social media apps. At the same time, AI is devouring and replacing the software programs we know such as Google search.
Nepal just had country wide protests that evolved into political upheaval after they threatened to ban all social media apps when the parent companies refused Nepalese censorship guidelines. Gen Z protested at first, but after police killed 30 young people, the protests turned violent leading to political reform and the election of a new prime minister through a worlds first country wide election on discord - while media outliers have assigned the one peice flag as a symbol for their revolution, which in our opinion further pushes the fourth turning generational crisis narrative.
China has created the great firewall (GFW) to block any traffic and information they deem unsafe or politically unaligned with Chinese ideologies. Popular social media apps that we use simply can’t be accessed there. On August 20, 2025, there was a major underreported event where China completely cut itself off from the global internet. You heard that right. Without collapsing internet frameworks, China was able to (whether glitch or testing of cyber capabilities) cut off all websites using HTTPS framework. It severed connections to all businesses with operations and websites in China, blocking international websites and services for users inside China, including those from Apple and Tesla, while domestic internet remained operational. It only lasted about 74 minutes, but the implications were clear. The risk of China cutting out entirely from the global internet is now on the table and any website or company doing business in China risks having that revenue source deleted overnight.
Companies are now moving to sue Google over AI overviews of websites data because it detracts from users visiting the websites themselves.
