Lost in the splinternet

According to the Boston Consulting Group, the internet economy (e-commerce, online services and data networks, among other things) will make up 5.3% of GDP this year in G20 countries.
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A splintered internet would hamper its role as a remarkable innovation engine. Start-ups, in particular, would find life harder. Data-localisation requirements and other barriers can cut GDP growth by more than one percentage point in some countries, reckons the European Centre for International Political Economy, a think-tank, in a study published in 2014.
http://www.economist.com/news/international/21709531-left-unchecked-growing-maze-barriers-internet-will-damage-economies-and