Topic: Mesh Technology

The "Internet in a Suitcase" project, a 2011 State Department initiative under Hillary Clinton, is revisited as a tool for dissidents to bypass national systems. The hosts discuss the role of Facebook in the Myanmar crisis, noting that the platform has been blamed for inciting violence. They suggest the current situation in Myanmar has the hallmarks of a "color revolution."

The U.S. State Department is funding an "Internet in a Suitcase" project to help dissidents in repressive regimes bypass government-controlled servers using mesh technology. However, critics like John Young and the hacker collective Anonymous warn that these systems allow the U.S. to monitor and influence foreign activists. The program is also linked to "persona management" software that allows a single user to control multiple fake online identities to manipulate social media narratives.