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[–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (3 children)

No it's not, maybe for some mainstream websites. Saying the "whole internet" is clickbait hyperbole.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For some people "the whole internet" is like half a dozen websites.

I worked in tech support. For some people Facebook is the internet

[–] JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Australians will soon be subjected to mandatory age checks across the internet landscape, in what has been described as a huge and unprecedented change.

Search engines are next in line for the same controversial age-assurance technology behind the teen social media ban, and other parts of the internet are likely to follow suit.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-11/age-verification-search-engines/105516256

[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

It's the Internet. There are internets, but just one Internet.