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The Supreme Court may have a shot to strike down Section 230 after a child's death was blamed on a 'blackout challenge' seen on TikTok
A family sued TikTok alleging a 10-year-old died due to a "blackout challenge" seen on her FYP. If …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Israel's 'urgent plea' to evacuate Gaza can't be seen by residents of Gaza due to an internet blackout
In a video posted on X, the IDF said civilians should evacuate northern Gaza and Gaza City. But the…
Charles R. Davis
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Making the power grid 'smart' could save us all money and prevent blackouts. Chattanooga made the $280 million investment.
The electric grid in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is one of the smartest in the nation. It's a peek at t…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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 enters its second year of internet blackout - the longest in the world
Myanmar's government has been battling the Arakan Army (AA), an armed group fighting for the ind…
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As internet connectivity plummets in Gaza, ordinary Palestinians struggle to compete with Israel's narrative of the war
Concerns are rising over Palestinians' ability to share information from inside Gaza due to plummet…
Joshua Zitser
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4G to return to Jammu and Kashmir on a trial basis after over a year — Supreme Court calls it 'fairly good start'
Attorney General K.K. Venugopal appearing for the Centre before a bench headed by Justice N.V. R…
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Suspected Chinese hackers reportedly targeted Indian grid near the Ladakh border
The Indian power grid has reportedly come under attack from Chinese hackers, who targeted the sensi…
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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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The new ‘normal’ in Kashmir has cost nearly half a million jobs — bundhs and internet blackout are breaking businesses
The Narendra Modi government in New Delhi has repeatedly insisted that the situation in Kashmir has…
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A 10-year-old girl died after reportedly trying the 'blackout challenge' she learned from social media, mother says
Games involving choking date back to as early as 1995, according to one report from the CDC. The ch…
Lindsay Dodgson,Kieran Press-…
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Jungle Juice, Power Hour, Edward Forty Hands: BORGs are simply the Gen Z version of an age-old college tradition — getting blackout drunk as quickly as possible.
Binge drinking among college-aged students has been a concern for decades, but Gen Z is breaking th…
Hannah Getahun
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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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India's blackout and extreme crackdown in Kashmir could ignite a violent uprising
Associated Press An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard near a temporary checkpoint during …
Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes
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The devastating Texas blackouts explained in 3 levels of detail
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Benji Jones
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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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India officially eliminated Kashmir's flag and constitution as its internet blackout goes into 13th week
The announcement was coupled with a total communications blackout in Jammu and Kashmir, with intern…
Alexandra Ma
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Kashmir's 5-month internet blackout is the longest ever imposed in a democracy - and it's stifling local workers
"The Kashmiris have always felt that they have a distinctive identity, especially the Muslims in th…
Havovi Cooper
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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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The phone and internet blackout in Kashmir is so total that locals reportedly don't know India rewrote their constitution
Some have been able to bypass the internet ban: India's state-owned BSNL telcom provider sold satel…