• Apepollo11@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    You do realise that other countries have internet servers too?

    Americans might lose access to social media, and the internet in general, but much of the world will still be online.

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      15 days ago

      I don’t think that was the implication. If the US literally devolves into anarchy that is an extremely far gone scenario. It would be globally disruptive. If a meteor erased Europe, the US would also collapse to a lower tier of existence. It’s not just a one way thing or some statement of American supremacy. But it is unlikely that if the US totally collapses, American social media companies would not be able to pay for their Europeans data centers to stay on. So yeah you would probably lose Reddit, Facebook, Insta, and a good big chunk of everything people mean when they say “social media.”