The video briefly extends blockade logic from physical goods to information. A state might try to cut another country off from the internet, or a government might isolate its own networks from the outside world. Undersea cable routes overlap many of the corridors used by global maritime commerce. That shared geography makes information access another strategic dependency concentrated in seaborne infrastructure. Blockade can therefore involve control of connected systems as well as the interception of merchant ships.
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Information blockade and the geography of undersea cables
A modern information blockade could isolate a country from the internet, while the routes of undersea cables reveal how digital communications still follow much of the geography of maritime trade.