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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 …
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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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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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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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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POLL: Americans think the shutdown will end in 3 weeks. They also thought that last week.
SurveyMonkey Audience polls from a national sample balanced by census data of age and gender. Respo…
Walt Hickey
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Iran has been cut off from the internet for almost 72 hours
Iran's government announced Friday that it was rationing fuel and increasing its price, citing econ…
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A YouTuber documenting deadly protests in Iraq posted a video that appeared to show a rocket-propelled grenade flying just past his head
Live gunfire met protesters in Baghdad on Sunday, resulting in 10 deaths. The total death toll sinc…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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Dabangg 3 lost 15% of its weekend business due to CAA protests — but that’s not the only reason
“There has probably been some stabilization of the law and order issues as some places have grow…
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Indian data laws have an uncanny resemblance to Russia’s 'new' internet and China’s 'Great Firewall'
Many Asian countries are moving to limit the many unlimited freedoms that Internet offers. The late…
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Russia officially introduced a 'sovereign internet' law to let Putin cut the entire country from the rest of the web
"It's more about creating a reliable internet that will continue to work in the event of external i…
Alexandra Ma
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10 things in tech you need to know today
Trump bars transactions with Chinese apps, Jack Ma is laying low, and internet blackouts last longe…