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In the anime series dot. Hack, the Internet suffers a massive crash due to an AI virus on December 24, 2005:

http://dothack.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_the_.hack_series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqXTJoPjAKk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj0vlWinWTo

What would happen to life across the globe with the crash of the Internet, even temporarily? In the series, legislation is passed because of the crash, including the impeachment of the U.S. President. How would society change with the sudden shutdown of the flow of information from porn to cat videos?
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