info_tfgrid/collections/abundance_internet/overview/internet_not_sovereign.md

The Internet Is Not Sovereign

We want to help countries, many countries find themselves in a challenging situation where they have too much debt, people are potentially unhappy, there could be a risk of conflict, ...

We believe a new upgraded internet may help because:

• A large part of the world's population uses Internet services which are produced far away.
• The value of a digital life can be thousands of USD per year, this gets extracted from a countries GDP
• Data is stored outside your country leading to loss of influence and knowledge.
• Less job opportunities because local Internet economy is way smaller than what it can be

We believe a decentralized Internet of Internets could help. Some very concrete benefits for a country to get started now.