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Internet shutdowns in India have skyrocketed — but now the Indian government wants that to stop
The Indian government’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued a notice to its state gov…
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Indian government shut off the Internet over a 100 times in 2019 — and China is lovin' it
Amid the protests, violence and discord over India’s newly formed Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), …
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Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh saw most Internet shutdowns after Jammu and Kashmir in the last 10 years
In this post, we look at the states and union territories in India that have seen the most int…
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268 million people had their internet shut off by government-imposed blackouts in 2020, up 49% from 2019
Per a report from digital security and rights group Top10VPN, 93 major internet shutdowns took plac…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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India accounted for most number of intentional internet shutdowns in South Asia 2017-18: UNESCO
The report states that Internet slowdowns and shutdowns around the world are increasing and have…
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Internet censorship cost the global economy $5.5 billion in 2021, report says
Myanmar was the most severely impacted nation. It lost an estimated $2.8 billion to internet shutdo…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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India suffered longest internet shutdowns in 2020 globally for the second consecutive year
"The majority of these short blackouts were highly-targeted, affecting groups of villages or i…
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Government-imposed internet blackouts cost the global economy $8 billion in 2019, and 2020 could be even worse
Often governments cite public safety as a reason for shutting off the internet, or curbing the spre…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Ethiopia's government shut down the entire country's internet and 80 people have been killed in protests following the assassination of a popular musician
Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, a popular singer and social activist, was shot dead on June 29 in Addis Ababa.
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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India's top court has declared the record-breaking 159-day-long Kashmir internet blackout illegal
The court also ordered the Indian government to make public all orders on internet shutdowns, which…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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WhatsApp's new feature could help Iranians bypass censors and coordinate protests during government-imposed internet blackouts
WhatsApp's move to offer access to proxy servers aims to dodge the impact of internet shutdowns, wh…
Stephanie Stacey
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Myanmar has had an internet blackout for a year. Some of its citizens still don't know there's a pandemic.
On 21 June 2019, Myanmar imposed an internet blackout on 9 cities and townships.
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Lockdown: Global rights groups demand restoration of 4G services in J&K
"Doctors in Jammu and Kashmir are struggling to access important information, often waiting hours …
PTI
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Putin's social media ban cost Russia's economy more than $4 billion last year
Russia experienced 1,353 hours of internet disruption last year, which cost its economy $4.02 billi…
Jennifer Sor
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Zimbabwe reportedly turned off the entire country's internet to shut up people protesting its out-of-control economy
Before the hike the government was effectively subsidising the price of fuel for its citizens, but …
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All the countries where someone managed to shut down the entire internet - and why they did it
In May this year, Russia passed a law to create its own parallel mirror version of the web that wou…