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3. We're going the way of North Korea if someone doesn't stop the orange POS.

We'll be locked down. No going out. No coming in. No social media. Remember this story of North Korean soldiers sent to Russia who had never seen the internet before? People think it can't happen here even as it's happening right before our eyes.

North Koreans given internet access for first time already have dodgy search histories
Story by Sarah Hooper • Nov. 7, 2024

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/north-koreans-given-internet-access-for-first-time-already-have-dodgy-search-histories/ar-AA1tFkbU

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Access to the internet is restricted to only foreigners and government officials, with citizens in North Korea only able to access ‘Kwangmyong’ – a highly regulated intranet.

In 2016, a leak allowed internet users to access North Korea’s intranet, revealing a highly-regulated service which praised Kim Jong-Un for visiting fruit farms.

The site was ‘beyond internet in the Nineties’ terrible’ – with just 28 websites, controlled by the government, from a social network (Friend.com.kp) to a recipe site (Cooks.org.kp).

Though it’s unclear if soldiers are actually ‘gorging’ on porn, soldiers sent to Russia will be given freedoms they’ve never had before in their home country as they join Putin’s forces.

Gorging on porn. Ha ha. And someone once postulated the internet would make us smarter.