Brazil may opt out of US-centric internet after NSA spying claims

BRAZIL plans to divorce itself from the US-centric internet over Washington's widespread online spying in a move that may fracture the global network.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff ordered a series of measures aimed at greater Brazilian online independence and security following revelations that the US National Security Agency intercepted her communications, hacked into the state-owned Petrobras oil company's network and spied on Brazilians who entrusted their personal data to US tech companies such as Facebook and Google.

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