balkanization

Cultural  

1. Division of a place or country into several small political units, often unfriendly to one another. The term balkanization comes from the name of the Balkan Peninsula, which was divided into several small nations in the early twentieth century.

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Example Sentences

The corporate balkanization of the internet into unusable-yet-unavoidable platforms full of garbage is a predictable foreshadowing of what the continued privatization of space is going to look like.

From Salon

The corporate balkanization of the internet into unusable-yet-unavoidable platforms full of garbage is a predictable foreshadowing of what the continued privatization of space is going to look like.

From Salon

“It invites conflict and retaliation and threatens the balkanization of the national economic union.”

From Los Angeles Times

“This doesn’t mean Balkanization,” said Mr. Gamble, a contributing editor at The American Conservative.

From Washington Times

Presumably under that scenario, some online platforms would have to choose between the regulations of those two U.S. states and the European Union, accelerating the global internet’s balkanization.

From Slate