Balkanising the World Wide Web

IT is a cliché to say that we live in a digital age, with many countries upgrading to become Knowledge Economies.

There is supposedly a digital divide, between those who have access to digital knowledge and skills, and those who don’t. But what has emerged with recent action against Huawei suggests that the World Wide Web may be splintered into four or more digital networks that are firewalled against each other.