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==Consumer-impact summary==

~~'''Company Issues'''~~

~~Business model~~

=== '''Company Issues''' ===

~~Cisco Meraki~~

==== Business model ====

===== Cisco Meraki =====

Meraki is a cloud managed IT infrastructure division of Cisco acquired in 2012. Cisco Meraki devices include network firewalls, switching, wireless access points and security cameras all managed from their online web portal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Constine |first=Josh |date=18 Nov 2012 |title=Cisco Acquires Enterprise Wi-Fi Startup Meraki For $1.2 Billion In Cash |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/11/18/cisco-acquires-enterprise-wi-fi-startup-meraki-for-1-2-billion-in-cash/ |url-status=live |access-date=9 Apr 2025 |website=TechCrunch}}</ref>

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Immediately after reaching your co-termination date, you will receive a 30-day grace period ... If you chose not to renew before the end of the 30-day grace period, the organization will be "shut down"(License Problem - Out of Compliance). You will no longer be able to manage your devices via the Meraki cloud and your Meraki network devices will cease to function. This means that you will no longer be able to configure or make changes to your Meraki network equipment, and your Meraki network products will no longer allow traffic to pass to the Internet."<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 Jan 2025 |title=Meraki Licensing FAQs |url=https://documentation.meraki.com/General_Administration/Licensing/Meraki_Licensing_FAQs |url-status=live |access-date=9 Apr 2025 |website=Meraki}}</ref>

==== Complicit in implementing state-operated internet censorship in the People's Republic of China ====

====Complicit in implementing state-operated internet censorship in the People's Republic of China====

According to internal PowerPoint presentations from 2002 that surfaced online, Cisco systems knowingly supplied hardware used in China's ''Golden Shield'' project, informally known as The Great Firewall of China. This is the infrastructure used by the CCP to heavily censor the internet in China for its citizens and to block access to independent information.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bort |first=Julie |date=2011-05-23 |title=Cisco sued over its alleged part in Great Chinese Firewall scandal |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/753194/cisco-subnet-cisco-sued-over-its-alleged-part-in-great-chinese-firewall-scandal.html |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=Networkworld}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9948331-7.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><!-- The CNet article is down, archive.org only archived a 404 page, but this article from a well-known German tech news website links to it:

https://www.golem.de/0805/59861-3.html

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 ==Consumer-impact summary==
-'''Company Issues'''
-Business model
+=== '''Company Issues''' ===
-Cisco Meraki
+==== Business model ====
+===== Cisco Meraki =====
 Meraki is a cloud managed IT infrastructure division of Cisco acquired in 2012. Cisco Meraki devices include network firewalls, switching, wireless access points and security cameras all managed from their online web portal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Constine |first=Josh |date=18 Nov 2012 |title=Cisco Acquires Enterprise Wi-Fi Startup Meraki For $1.2 Billion In Cash |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/11/18/cisco-acquires-enterprise-wi-fi-startup-meraki-for-1-2-billion-in-cash/ |url-status=live |access-date=9 Apr 2025 |website=TechCrunch}}</ref>
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 Immediately after reaching your co-termination date, you will receive a 30-day grace period ... If you chose not to renew before the end of the 30-day grace period, the organization will be "shut down"(License Problem - Out of Compliance). You will no longer be able to manage your devices via the Meraki cloud and your Meraki network devices will cease to function. This means that you will no longer be able to configure or make changes to your Meraki network equipment, and your Meraki network products will no longer allow traffic to pass to the Internet."<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 Jan 2025 |title=Meraki Licensing FAQs |url=https://documentation.meraki.com/General_Administration/Licensing/Meraki_Licensing_FAQs |url-status=live |access-date=9 Apr 2025 |website=Meraki}}</ref>
-==== Complicit in implementing state-operated internet censorship in the People's Republic of China ====
+====Complicit in implementing state-operated internet censorship in the People's Republic of China====
 According to internal PowerPoint presentations from 2002 that surfaced online, Cisco systems knowingly supplied hardware used in China's ''Golden Shield'' project, informally known as The Great Firewall of China. This is the infrastructure used by the CCP to heavily censor the internet in China for its citizens and to block access to independent information.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bort |first=Julie |date=2011-05-23 |title=Cisco sued over its alleged part in Great Chinese Firewall scandal |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/753194/cisco-subnet-cisco-sued-over-its-alleged-part-in-great-chinese-firewall-scandal.html |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=Networkworld}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9948331-7.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><!-- The CNet article is down, archive.org only archived a 404 page, but this article from a well-known German tech news website links to it:
 https://www.golem.de/0805/59861-3.html