Internet Kill Switch
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Today Molly talks about the potential fragility of our global network in light of the crisis in Egypt.

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  1. StripyTie12 says:

    “Build more intercontinental cables and launch more satellites” k, i’ll just hop on my intercontinental cable laying tugboat and get down to it.

  2. PalkaSvechi says:

    @Kiribayashi

    Revolution would be fun wouldn’t it? We’d need Guy Fawke masks and explosives for everyone, so that’d be cool too…

    TO THE WHITEHOUSE

  3. ToniSkit says:

    or a series about people on an island with 6 seasons that didnt really end too well but kinda did….so confusing and evil

  4. bjam89 says:

    @SpoonHurler oh i know this one….there are these people who seem to go from house to house with your letters but in printed out form, also it is more pricey so it is not a good system

  5. XysflightchampX says:

    @freesk8 but it was decided in court many many years ago that any of our rights can be infringed upon if having them may cause problems in a national emergency.

  6. XysflightchampX says:

    @Exarian what are you talking about? most if not all of our electronic devices with a computer chip would be killed in an EMP.

  7. XysflightchampX says:

    @GreenrangeRemix really? because i can think of a lot of books (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the Twilight saga, The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod etc. etc….) that are wildly popular even with TV.

  8. jawayetti says:

    Teh Internets Kill Switch: Deep dicking with a mushroom print to the eye..

    Our politicians use the Internet to spread democracy, but when the democracy comes home, they have a different tune. What do they have to be afraid of? Hmm? The blatant hypocrisy knows no bounds.

  9. MyInterwebs says:

    I do want to pay attention and learn from this rocketboom news, plus also be entertained by them, but more often than not I find my self saying….

    “Awww Molly is so cute”

    damn you Molly and your puppy cuteness v_v

  10. WOWJBEOWULF says:

    The Internet cannot survive immoral government, it is necessary to have freedom of speech and press to function. I remember when modems were new, outside the United States families were persecuted as spies for only having a modem in a computer, and we know how trivial early modems were as a communication device.

  11. AquaMarYne92 says:

    @bjam89 same way the Egyptians found out? Newspaper? TV? call up my internet provider? so many ways to answer your question~

  12. DBSpy1 says:

    The root of all evil is, Love of Money and Power. Of course we need a kill switch,did you not ever see War Games, OK, maybe you Parents did lol.

  13. derekcolman says:

    Egypt was able to shut down its internet because all traffic passes through only 4 main suppliers. It is said to be impossible in the USA because there are so many suppliers, and there are so many interconnections that even if all of them shut down, it would be possible to set up new independent networks from any geek’s desktop.

  14. Probewitch says:

    So…the world wide web, is a basic human right? Then why isn’t it’s access free?
    I don’t think I’d suspend Molly even if I had the kill-switch.

  15. Exarian says:

    @XysflightchampX most UNHARDENED electronic devices would be affected by an EMP. any utility regulating computer (power plants, etc) aeroplanes, military computers, and most data centers all use “hardened” electronics that counteract the effects of an EMP, either by storing them in a Faraday cage of some sort, internally hardening the electronics, or through other means. The only thing an EMP will do is take out consumer electronics which are usually unhardened for cost reasons.

  16. Exarian says:

    @XysflightchampX and for the poor but paranoid, a metal trash can buried in dirt would be able to sufficiently protect anything form an EMP.

  17. lucasgelati says:

    And now I will download a lot of unknown bands discographies, TV series, and mostly important youtube videos, and put them in cds, so I’ll be ready for the end of internet.
    While you still have time, check the band The Portlands.

  18. imgod2u says:

    It’s not much of a worry here in the U.S. At least, without legislation. Most of the major DNS servers are in the U.S. along with a great deal of the internet’s service providers (Google, Twitter, Facebook, iTunes, etc.).

    If the U.S. were to try to do what Egypt did, the most success they’d likely have is to shut off access to connectivity to other countries. Youtube, for example, would still likely work.

    The government could try shutting down all of the backbone companies, however.

  19. s4m5on says:

    @coolstream1 god tell me about it, we are getting ripped off soooo badly i hate how Bell and Rogers run a monoply on our internets and theres nothing we can do

  20. sloshays says:

    Like it has been said before, if they killed internet, I would have to go back to single player and single player sucks!

  21. 666colorvision666 says:

    first of all, “they” will not shut off the internet because too much of the worlds economy is based off the internet. second of all, if “they” shut off the internet id let them have what for.

  22. digivince says:

    @s4m5on And don’t forget how through the whole thing, they’re pretty much holding the smaller companies and internet based businesses hostage by doing this. If they charge so much for bandwidth, nobody will want to use netflix which would kill the company’s business in Canada.

  23. slyspydrew says:

    @gulllars I wasn’t talking about the other countries. I was talking about the USA. Other countries would be fine… Only the USA would die.. lol

  24. heymrk says:

    My senator authored and sponsored the legislation for the internet kill switch. I told him that if he tried it, I would protest the shit out of him and do all I could to see he never gets re-elected.

    Then he sent me a response telling me my opinion was wrong and that he didn’t need my vote.

  25. freesk8 says:

    @XysflightchampX Our rights come from the fact that we own our own bodies. No national emergency over-rides that fact. “Emergencies” are the classic excuse for violating our natural rights. It is the excuse of tyrants and dictators the world over. It is precisely DURING national emergencies that we most need our rights to be defended. If the governments won’t do that when we need it, then what good are they at all?

  26. freesk8 says:

    @PcRoX123hackedACC I hear what you are saying, and I just want to make a technical quibble: You are right if you are saying that our rights to liberty and freedom of speech are not being defended by our govt, but instead are being violated by govt. But what you wrote was that we HAVE no such rights. If we had no such rights, then the govt would not be violating them. Rights come from self-ownership. They existed BEFORE govts were made to defend them. Rights do not come from govt.

  27. XysflightchampX says:

    @freesk8 actually your rights are yours because you are a member of the U.S.A. also the fact that the courts allowed laws that restricted our !st amendment rights help the U.S.A. get enough people in it’s armies to be an effective fighting force in WWI because you see the government knows what it’s doing sometimes. there are people like you who assume everything the government does is wrong or a bad idea but if you research it a bit there are times when restricting peoples rights is a good idea.

  28. heymrk says:

    @pfizzbones Jeff Sessions (R-AL) | Good luck trying to get him outed. He’s connected to everyone and has been there since 1997. He’s probably in the top five of untouchable politicians. Yet my idiotic state continues to re-elect him.

  29. XysflightchampX says:

    @freesk8 i also think i should clear something up. i do not think the gov’t should have the ability to kill the internet unless it is becoming a threat to our national security ( Ex. a terrorist group uses it to infect computers and use them as some sort of supper computer network to do something…. i don’t know but you get my idea right?)

  30. harboringanomalies says:

    Aha! Thats why I have my trusty carrier pigeons! I’ve also taught them to attack tanks in case they have to deal with that kind of thing.

  31. TomHendricksMusea says:

    Last decade when I warned people about the consolidation of the arts and media into now less than 10 companies (instead of thousands – like it used to be) many said, they’d just go on the net – I tried to explain that that could be lost too, that that ‘could happen”. Time for like minded people to end the consolidation of the arts and media into so few hands.. Remember even “Big Brother” had competition.

  32. seriouslycurious1 says:

    @Neilioid kill we got a problem, kill that game only..i’m the princess, and get riz out of there, or whatever NOW i just told king of saudi so you better do it

  33. seriouslycurious1 says:

    @Neilioid did you guys allready line up the kings cause they’re leaving and they’re gonna wipe the jews..hurry up..

  34. seriouslycurious1 says:

    @Neilioid just to show how far they’d go..i didnt know..i’m so tired..i cant believe this took the life out of me, stop THE WARS NOW

  35. freesk8 says:

    @XysflightchampX No, rights do not come from governments. Privileges do. Rights come from nature, or self ownership, or if you are religious, they are given by God. The role of govt is not to give us rights, but to defend them.
    Wilson got us in to WWI. He was a liberal. If he had kept us out, there would have been a negotiated truce to end the trench warfare stale-mate. No reprisals from the allies and thus no Hitler and WW2. It was a mistake for the US to go in to WW1.

  36. freesk8 says:

    @XysflightchampX I don’t trust the govt to use the switch at the time you specify. They will instead use the switch when their own power is threatened.

    Can you name a specific event in US history when the rights of the people were infringed or restricted and you think that was a good idea? I’d like to discuss your example.

  37. idunno1234567891011 says:

    the internet is the worlds biggest hate machine. But it keeps potential psychopaths in their parents basements. Shut it down, then their out in the open world. Think about what 4chan would be like in real life.

  38. DemiTrusdale3 says:

    wow… that does make sense.. we can turn a blind eye to senseless wars, police brutality, marked up food/commodities and cool devices that last no longer than two years, but when they kill the internet, it’s gonna get too real. :/

  39. BigBrotherMateyka says:

    My feelings about the internet?

    Our guns catch rust, our sail gets torn,
    Our hull is breached, and crew forlorn,
    And all is gone and lost, I think:
    THE SHIP WILL NEVER SINK.

  40. walkertexasranger33 says:

    @coolstream1 nope, the government just said the’ll force them to reverse the bill or reverse it themselves

  41. Mynameisnotooo says:

    @xWarlock3000x A level 3000 Warlock such as yourself must realise the potential evil of this. Indeed, we are in an age of peril.

  42. wackattack180 says:

    Hay Molly, Not to worrie ! You’re English ! you got a message to send, you can just fox it on over ! ! ! If the internet comes to crash Egypt does have the perfect backround setting for this end of world problem but don’t you get it ! There really is nothing wrong ! that is how they act all the time !

  43. jamiehasnomercy says:

    often thought that to much reliance is put on the internet these days. If it does go down then pretty much everyone and the goverment is fooked!

  44. GreenrangeRemix says:

    @XysflightchampX I can think of a lot of wildly popular TV shows too. Like Family Guy, Simpsons, South park etc.
    Still doesn’t mean the Internet didn’t kill TV. Same thing with books. If you want to argue, then let’s say the TV killed 90% of the books. There, you happy?

  45. DarkProject says:

    This, than god for our lazy ass politicians, will never happen in Belgium, they can’t even form a government, let alone kill the internet.

  46. If the Internet is shut down I will go back to the library where I was before the Internet. Oh, and I would have to look at the pretty girls in real life. Life before the Internet was good, with the Internet better still. I am afraid it is going to be hard to get a revolution going. In fact when the per capita income is above 12K a year, developed, and the country is democratic and free, revolutions never happen.

  47. Stripdancer100 says:

    “Just please – don’t take away my Internet. I go online sometimes…”
    So cute 3-)
    What kind of emotional cripple could rob Molly of her Internet?
    Nice and actual video. Molly, you are surpassingly awesome :-)

  48. Stripdancer100 says:

    The truth is that few can do without the Internet in DEVELOPED countries like USA because this kind of infrastructure is more like electricity or the water supply nowadays, so the society deprived of it would literally just croak.
    So don’t be afraid to be taken away of the Internet, Molly, the rosebud of a girl who lives in the best cities on Earth :-)

  49. AbrielMcPierce says:

    EMB Blast the size of jupiter would also kill people with pacemakers. Correct? As soon as you said it, that’s what I thought about : That would really suck.

  50. CrAzYcArNiE08 says:

    If everyone bout a couple terabites of hard drive, we could all salvage our own. Atleast this would steralize all the virus sites.

  51. OpiSenpai says:

    So cute…Molly…
    But she’s right guys!!
    They sahll never take our one tool of unity and porn…
    INTERNET SHALL LIVE!!

  52. gamefreek24the2d says:

    Has anyone ever noticed that most of the noobs below me never listen to her and just keep saying “SHE’S BOOTIFUL OMG LOLOL!!1111!!!1!”?

  53. tanner1ie says:

    Keep your music films and games on CDs and DvDs, so when the EMP comes you still have the data.
    Anything on a hard drive or Ipod would be wiped, while we’d need new microchips to make our CD players, DVD players and Playstations work again they can be replaced :) .

  54. tanner1ie says:

    @ProstetnigVogonJeltz She could start visiting us one by one, or in concert venues, but we might only get one or two new stories a year as her world tours would take a while.
    Also her appearances would take a while to set up and advertise, because the correspondence and promotion, would be done through the post and in newpapers, as i’m assuming if the internet was down the phone network would be as well :) .

  55. deogrou says:

    The internet is definitely one of the most awesome and lifechanging things in my life, don’t take away the friggin THING! D:<

  56. HomunculusProject says:

    Things that would personally change without the internets:
    - Considerably less masturbation
    - considerably more effort to get good grades at school.
    - hence, worse grades at school
    - considerably less opinions about stuff
    - considerably more sleep
    - considerably more friends
    - considerably better health
    - …
    Oh lawd…

  57. shahherwan93 says:

    Things that would personally change without the internets:

    - Considerably less masturbation

    - considerably more effort to get good grades at school.

    - hence, worse grades at school

    - considerably less opinions about stuff

    - considerably more sleep

    - considerably more friends

    - considerably better health

    - …

    Oh lawd…

  58. XysflightchampX says:

    @GreenrangeRemix you know i think it doesn’t matter what killed what but rather that the forms of media have changed. so to sum up this discussion is there really a problem with innovation and new technologies? not really. they may make many naive children a little less…. naive but so what? it’s going to happen anyway. and other things like video games make kids think faster and have quicker reactions which may not seem to important to some, but its helping the kids of today in this new world.

  59. lb8068 says:

    Oh boo hoo, Egypt has cut off ITz internets. Never mind the people who died in the riots, think about the internet! -_-

  60. somewhereincanada1 says:

    @jamcalx bears are marked by the Anti-Christ???!!! does this mean that his army will have bears in it????

  61. GreenrangeRemix says:

    Avoiding the topic and creating another one is a loser’s way of winning a discussion. Besides, your perception of an already outdated joke has nothing to do with the case. And, no. Your uneducated mind thinks video games will make you have quicker reflexes. However, staying out of the real world and experiencing nothing but a simulated experience with an AI which has been programmed to be dumber than the average person, and give everyone a chance at beating it, will only make it duller.

  62. GreenrangeRemix says:

    @GreenrangeRemix Still not saying Video Games are primarily bad for you, but it is certainly not something you can use as an excuse for not going out for a walk, reading an article on something which truly interests you, or training martial arts. All which make you stronger, smarter (in the sense of accumulating information), and sharpens your reflexes.

  63. gulllars says:

    @slyspydrew i see that, but my point was you just wrote “the country” like it should be obvious you were speaking about the USA, and everybody reading to be american.
    Unfortunately, that attitude has become so widespread on the internet that anyone who sees “the country” without further specifying will assume you talk about the center of the world and universe, and the only place that matters, the US of A.

  64. iamafractal says:

    our internet has become far too centralized because the government has allowed monopoly phone and cable companies to grow much too large. they need to be broken up. no company should be able to be in the business of running cables and also selling any kind of service at all. one of the craziest things we have as a result of monopolies is “selling a speed.” imagine if you upgraded your pc to be 10x faster. do you pay 10x for the same 100 watts it uses? didn’t think so. so why do we pay for speed?

  65. demonslayer55555585 says:

    @pppfan103 No! But I doubt you don’t find Molly at least a little interesting! That woman could turn a gay guy straight faster than you can say BOOBIES!!!!!

  66. GrimKittyD says:

    @cheddar07 You should punctuate that sentence a bit better, so we can understand what exactly you mean. I think you meant “No more, Molly, I will die!!”, but when I first read it, I thought you meant “No more Molly. I will die!!”, and I almost had a heart attack because Molly is a saint. :C

  67. XysflightchampX says:

    @GreenrangeRemix now if we’re going to resort to calling names (“loser..”) then i think our discussion is over. but i never intended to use a joke nor did i change the subject. i was talking about one thing then you changed the subject so i went with it, something i rarely do. and since when did walking and reading sharpen your senses better than trying not to be killed, even in a simulated environment? also modern times are beginning to revolve around technology, not the “real world”

  68. XysflightchampX says:

    @GreenrangeRemix and yes i suggest that you take a walk or ride a bike and not play video games all day but that doesn’t mean they aren’t good for you in some way ( as you pointed out). and so what if video games truly interests you? and what if you hate to read? you see this society we are brining up is built to handle modern circumstances like using computers and texting and even watching tv ( playing video games??). i think we both have valid points but have separate views of the future.

  69. madhatter75 says:

    what I got out of this video is apparently people still read newspapers. And those newspapers use horrible fonts.

  70. Goldhugz says:

    If the Internet was shut down, millions of people would lose their jobs. It would send the world into an economic crisis.

  71. nicsleeper says:

    NOOOOOOO!!! who will tell us about chuck Norris? who will tell us about the new video gamez? who will suppy me with all of the online multiplayer video games? WHO DAMN IT!?

  72. SLagonia says:

    The internet kill switch has been under investigation in America for about a year now. The new internet czar was told to find a way to shut down the internet in order to ‘prevent terrorism.’ The fact that this kill switch can be used to control the flow of information is rarely mentioned.

  73. httprover says:

    Amateur radio wasn’t so easy to disable. Perhaps we have undone ourselves this time. Weren’t we warned not to trust those who offer new lamps for old?

  74. Numbuh7 says:

    @Goldhugz The consequences are even deeper than the big picture. Personally, I rely on the internet for EVERYTHING. I don’t have any phone books or maps and I know a lot of others that don’t either.

  75. Jeru3 says:

    I dare the german goverment to switch off the internet over here, at least some idiots would finally notice. But it won’t happen anyway, wouldn’t fit with the whole “cook the frog slowly” strategy. Show em some soccer, change a few laws while everyone is distracted, let some time pass, rinse and repeat…

  76. astrozier1 says:

    yeah that is what they are saying if they turn the internet off here in america then we would need to get internet from India but what if their internet is turned off? . sad

  77. arrisfilms says:

    excuse me no music? I have a huge stack of vinyl lps ever heard of those? I was only born in 93 and I remember them, what is wrong with you people.

  78. spiderobert says:

    @arrisfilms an EMP would would even prevent your record player from working properly (as they are still electronic). unless of course you’re talking about a Victrola or something

  79. box6666666 says:

    shutting off the internet is one of the only things that would make me get OUT of the house, and be PISSED about it.

    exactly what happened in egypt… don’t mess with my net, bro

  80. dalepoop says:

    @arrisfilms Hey, ever heard of an EMP? That means no electricity whatsoever. Pretty sure your record player runs on electricity. What’s wrong with you person?

  81. rikugirl213 says:

    if they do kill the internet, i will have no way to cool down my feelings of utter rage and will end up to kill millions of innocents in what will be the biggest tragedy in the history of time. moral of the story? don’t fuck with the internet.

  82. blayzebright says:

    Now that Egypt has scared everyone, it won’t take long for companies to come out with methods to make it much harder.

  83. Megamediaplex says:

    Idiots who weren’t creating companies when they were taking a break on what they really want/wanted/are going/but still are/aren’t contemplating what to do.

  84. TheRhythmhawk says:

    Geeze, Molly, you are part newscaster and part comedian :) And, you do make a valid point when it comes to being on line…

  85. bluesmoke21 says:

    They want to make an “Internet Kill Switch” because of websites like WikiLeaks, and prevent organisations like Zeitgeist Movement to spread the truth! The 3rd World War is at our doorstep. They don’t want to kill the Internet to prevent the war, they want to prevent information from spreading, hence: Information is power!!! We can’t allow Internet to be brought down, we must protect the Internet at all costs!

  86. pkpapers says:

    The government knows what is best for us. Just ask the average polically correct indoctrinee — or neo-con indoctrinee.

  87. PerspectiveEngineer says:

    @ JIYpk. I’ll second that motion.
    when information is free people are free.
    velvet revolution part 2.0

  88. Fyrsiel says:

    What’s interesting is the fact that a lot of businesses use the internet constantly for (what else?) communication and transference of important files. My own company has to use the internet and email to transfer files (entire books in the form of PDF files) for publishing companies… if they shut off the internet, they’d be shutting down a lot of critical business tools… Wonder how they get around that…

  89. pundewhee says:

    Molly’s shirt is flattering, but not revealing enough. Maybe more moisture?

    And I agree with whatever she said.

  90. starfire139 says:

    Why is the term “electromagnetic pulse” coming up all of a sudden? I’ve heard it 3 times from completely unrelated places in the last week. o.O

  91. AnarchyEngineer says:

    “You can picture that guy underground somewhere hidden in the desert”- I never knew Osama had an internet kill switch.

  92. Ac3ofspades85 says:

    @plm123456100 true i will be masterbating and the internet shuts down i will be like FUCK YOU ( insert presidents name here ) then i will have to look at a playboy. you guys agree

  93. BetaTowerofyikkYt says:

    If theres an electromagnetic ball the size of Jupiter coming towards Earth and we die, it doesnt really matter if the internet or music or TV is gone, because we wont be there for it. Its at 0:51.

  94. MightySaturn5 says:

    @bluesmoke21 relax charlie, I’ve invented an internet re-establish switch that used a grandular power if you will thats in the same size as Dorito powder, basically I sprinkle a bit on the lever and due to Doritos life giving properties any kill becomes an un-kill.

  95. MightySaturn5 says:

    @RoCK3rAD I love Rosies jutting jaw and grindy voice, her beauty is so overwhelming that I barely hear her evil vocal chords squeaking like a peanut riddled shit flying out of my ass like Mr. Softee soft serve on a 108 degree day

  96. ArachD206 says:

    @pppfan103 I truly love both of those things. Though, both of them would seem kinda dull without the other.
    Not that Molly is in any way dull. Just the thought of just looking at without her saying anything.

  97. RoCK3rAD says:

    @MightySaturn5 She’s just has an aura about her that makes me…. Oh Rosie’s sweet delicate-to-the-touch flabs are magnificent in every way especially since they are unlimited in number, but you gota admit her most amazing feature is hands down that beautiful bulging adams apple oh how majestic

  98. Freethedum says:

    Obama turns off Americans

    INSANITY is between you and yourself

    STUPIDITY is between you and your Govern- Mental.

    We found a cure for insanity there is none for stupidity. The prostitutes i mean citizens may they follow great life’s

    End the UNION and Save America -End the FED Impeach the Obamanation of America

  99. Derka33 says:

    yeah, internet killswitch is a great idea. Along with taking the first amendment and using it as toilet paper. If you wanna play “who can say the most moronic statement game” dont do it on youtube. The world is bad enough living with you zombies who want to destroy every right we have… really we dont care what you think.

  100. KaptenN says:

    @thtredheadguy Yes they do. Quantum computers haven’t been invented yet. At least not so that can be used outside laboratories. I suggest you read up before you state things like that.

  101. roidroid says:

    it wouldn’t be too bad. Society should have an internet holiday every now and again, we can stop pretending that whatever is happening on the other side of the world in Egypt has any real influence on our daily lives for once.
    ie: News

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