The Rutherford Institute :: Digital Kill Switches: How Tyrannical Governments Stifle Political Dissent | By John & Nisha Whitehead |

The Rutherford Institute :: Digital Kill Switches: How Tyrannical Governments Stifle Political Dissent | By John & Nisha Whitehead | 

• “No president from either party should have the sole power to shut down or take control of the internet or any other of our communication channels during an emergency.”—Senator Rand Paul

"What’s to stop the U.S. government from throwing the kill switch and shutting down phone and internet communications in a time of so-called crisis?
After all, it’s happening all over the world.
Communications kill switches have become tyrannical tools of domination and oppression to stifle political dissent, shut down resistance, forestall election losses, reinforce military coups, and keep the populace isolated, disconnected and in the dark, literally and figuratively...

• In an internet-connected age, killing the internet is tantamount to bringing everything—communications, commerce, travel, the power grid—to a standstill.
• Tyrants and would-be tyrants rely on this “cloak of darkness” to advance their agendas...