Borders no longer live only on maps. They are encoded in routing tables, DNS responses, certificate authorities, and platform rules. The same request can be routed differently, blocked quietly, or resolved by alternate authorities depending on where it originates. The network follows the protocol perfectly, even as the world it connects fractures.

Traffic flows, handshakes complete, and connections succeed while invisible checkpoints dictate what is reachable. The internet is quietly splitting into archipelagos, each governed by unseen rules, and no one told the packets they needed permission to cross. Welcome to the splinternet.

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