One more thing. You have been looking at this from a individual rights point of view. Think corporate.
If the government thew the kill switch no major corporation could function. It would be the collapse of business globally.
I can not do an auto quote or submit a loss to some of the companies I represent without the internet.
GM Detroit can not communicate with their plants. Look at all the companies that have international offices. They could not communicate. Once that happens there would be mass hysteria on a global scale. The dollar, Euro and Yen would plummet. Gold and oil would sky rocket.
The countries that have thrown the switch don't have a sound economy to begin with so if they throw the switch and mess up the financial base they don't have far to fall and they were going into that hole anyway.