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These Countries Have An Internet Kill-Switch (And They Admit It)

https://www.theorganicprepper.com/internet-kill-switch/
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/communications-plan/
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/resistance-101-why-you-should-consider-ham-radio-for-communications/
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/cuba-blocks-internet-ham-radio/
https://www.mintpressnews.com/the-us-government-has-an-internet-killswitch-and-its-none-of-your-business/212749/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8336/text
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/selco-really-like-live-martial-law/
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/606
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCODE-2011-title47/USCODE-2011-title47-chap5-subchapVI-sec606

What do you suppose would happen if the President of the United States
deemed it necessary, for “national security,” to flip the Internet
Kill Switch? In these digital times, there should be great concern
over something like this. However, normalcy bias seems to have a firm
hold on a majority of the citizens of the US, and many are clinging to
the “it can’t happen here” theory.

The United States has yet to employ this particular tool. However,
according to data gathered to examine the financial impact of internet
shutdowns, since 2019, there have been 237 major internet shutdowns in
45 countries. [source]

What is an internet kill switch?

An internet kill switch is a device/software/configuration that allows
one to shut down all internet access within a region or country
indefinitely. If activated, the kill switch would prevent everyone
from checking social media, shopping online, using online messenger
services, sending emails, or anything else involving an internet
connection.

In many cases, this may also include any form of phone contact (it varies).
Which countries have already used the internet kill switch?

Hackers have the ability to down the entire internet system, as we
have seen with op article and op article. However, governments around
the globe have also resorted to shutdowns, claiming it to be necessary
for public safety. For example, India (a democratic nation) was the
global leader in shutdowns in 2019, with over 150 in 3 years. [source]

See if you spot the recurring theme among the following shutdowns:

Cuba

On July 11, Cuban citizens rallied in the streets to protest food and
medicine shortages and electricity outages. Within two days, the Cuban
government began restricting internet access.
China

Back in 2009, riots broke out in Xinjiang. The communists responded by
shutting down the internet to the region for an entire year. [source]
Egypt

Amid protests, Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak cut off nearly all
internet access and shut down all cell phone services. The shutdown
lasted for five days. [source]
Iran

November 16, 2019, Iran authorities flipped the switch, plunging
citizens into digital darkness for nearly 11 days. According to an
Amnesty International press release, the deliberate shutdown was an
attempt to hide the horrendous killings across the country.
Zimbabwe

In 2019, President Mnangagwa announced a fuel price increase. Protests
against the increase caused Mnangagwa to shut down the internet.
Critics called the shutdown “an attempt to hide growing reports of a
violent crackdown on protests.” [source]
South Sudan

Protests? We can fix that with an internet shutdown. [source]
Zambia

Election day, 2021, warranted shutting down many social media
platforms and some messaging apps. Although the Zambian government
denied the reports Secretary, Amos Malupenga mentioned there would be
no hesitation to take appropriate measures. [source]
Colombia

Colombia’s government used this innovative means of stopping protests
here in May 2021 – an internet shut down. [source]
The Republic of the Congo

Another election day shutdown in 2021. This time in The Republic of
the Congo. [source]
Armenia

Political unrest led to an internet shutdown here. [source]
Russia

I think mentioning the word ‘elections’ regarding Russia is enough to
make anybody laugh. Have a pesky election-tracking app you need shut
down? A partial internet shutdown can do the trick. [source]
Myanmar

Coup underway? Better shut off the internet. [source]
Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s government shut down the internet 12 times before blacking
out the country for nearly 16 days in 2020. Reports said this was an
attempt to muzzle activists demanding justice for the killing of a
beloved musician. [source]
Does the United States have an internet kill switch?

Technically, yes.

Under an entirely unconstitutional 1930s law on the books: 47 USC 606:
War Powers of President; Chapter 5, Subchapter VI, the President has
the authority to wield that mighty weapon.

The 1930s law reads:

    (c) Suspension or amendment of rules and regulations applicable to
certain emission stations or devices

    Upon proclamation by the President that there exists war or a
threat of war, or a state of public peril or disaster or other
national emergency, or in order to preserve the neutrality of the
United States, the President, if he deems it necessary in the interest
of national security or defense, may suspend or amend, for such time
as he may see fit, the rules and regulations applicable to any or all
stations or devices capable of emitting electromagnetic radiations
within the jurisdiction of the United States as prescribed by the
Commission, and may cause the closing of any station for radio
communication, or any device capable of emitting electromagnetic
radiations between 10 kilocycles and 100,000 megacycles, which is
suitable for use as a navigational aid beyond five miles, and the
removal therefrom of its apparatus and equipment, or he may authorize
the use or control of any such station or device and/or its apparatus
and equipment, by any department of the Government under such
regulations as he may prescribe upon just compensation to the owners.

Perhaps you think this only applies to radios. It couldn’t possibly
apply to your laptop or phone, right?

Don’t forget your devices use radio waves to receive their internet
access. In addition, your devices can access Google Maps, which would
qualify your computer as a navigational aid.
What’s stopping the US Government from labeling EVERYTHING a national emergency?

    “The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and
government to gain ground.” – Thomas Jefferson

If you consider that America now believes racism is a “public health
emergency,” government authorities could very likely deem a public
health crisis as “public peril, disaster or other national emergency.”
Oh no! The government must shut down the internet! [source]

    Emergencies’ have always been the pretext on which the safeguards
of individual liberty have been eroded — and once they are suspended
it is not difficult for anyone who has assumed such emergency powers
to see to it that the emergency persists.” – FA Hayek [source]

This bill also gives armed men the notion they can take your
equipment. And should you say no? Well, you can read the penalties
section HERE. And also, before deciding you’re going down in a blaze
of glory, check out Selco’s prediction of how that will work out for
you.
Unplug the Internet Kill Switch Act of 2020

Last year in 2020, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard introduced the Unplug the
Internet Kill Switch Act of 2020 to Congress. H.R.8336 would have
directly attacked 47 USC 606, making it not pertain to internet usage.
While Congress did not refuse the bill, they left it to sit with no
further actions. [source]

In 2016, we experienced something similar when the Supreme Court
denied hearing a petition to release information on the ‘secret’ DHS
internet kill switch protocol. [source] Because we need an internet
kill switch, of course. THAT is an issue of national security.

    “Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It
is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.” – William Pitt

Yes, internet kill switches exist – prepare accordingly

This website published an article about the possibility of a comms
blackout and how to prepare for it back in January. Check it out for
some useful and viable communications options. Also, don’t forget the
importance of ham radio, although you should know that it’s not
completely immune to governmental interference.