Hillary and The Donald Both Want to Close the Internet

Despite the bloviating from both sides, we all know that they can't really close the internet. At least without hurting an awful lot of people that might include many of their constituents.

Both of these are from last December:
From Hillary (via ,
"In a recent talk at the Brookings Institution, Clinton said, “We’re going to have to have more support from our friends in the technology world to deny online space. Just as we have to destroy their would-be caliphate, we have to deny them online space and this is complicated.”
Like Trump, Clinton also shrugged off freedom of speech objections. “You’re going to hear all of the usual complaints, you know, freedom of speech, etc. But if we truly are in a war against terrorism, and we are truly looking for ways to shut off their funding, shut off the flow of foreign fighters, then we’ve got to shut off their means of communicating.”'
Clinton reportedly said, “Our security professionals need to more effectively track and analyze ISIS’ social media posts and map jihadist networks. We have to stop jihadists from radicalizing new recruits in person and through social media, chat rooms and what is called the 'dark web.' To do that, we need stronger relationships between Washington, Silicon Valley, and all of our great tech companies.”
From The Donald,
"We're losing a lot of people because of the Internet and we have to do something. We have to go see Bill Gates and a lot of different people that really understand what's happening. We have to talk to them, maybe in certain areas closing that Internet up in some way.
Somebody will say, 'oh, freedom of speech, freedom of speech.' These are foolish people… we've got to maybe do something with the Internet because they are recruiting by the thousands, they are leaving our country and then when they come back, we take them back.
What Donald Trump is saying here is that he would be willing to use Federal power to order the private companies that own and control most of the basic infrastructure to curb free speech in the name of security. He is being very explicit here about what he believes are the scope of the power of presidency, which is essentially limitless. This is not unusual in right wing populist circles, but I want to take a few moments to place it in a broader context. "

Chalk it up to the usual campaign nonsense, I suppose. But there sure seems to be an awful lot of it these days.