Why did people in the 90s/early 00s say that the internet "couldn't be taken down"? - eviltoast

Or am I the only one remembering this opinion? I felt like it was common for people to say that the internet couldn’t be taken down, or censored or whatever. This has obviously been proven false with the Great Firewall of China, and of Russia’s latest attempts of completely disconnecting from the global internet. Where did this idea come from?

  • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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    3 days ago

    Because its decentralized. So you can take a part of it out but not the whole thing. Unfortunately in some ways its become centralized.