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HC dismisses plea to set aside order blocking messaging app in J&K over threat to national security
It was stated that Briar operates on a technology in which a person can directly send a message to …
PTI
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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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Internet access in Jammu and Kashmir isn’t about the ‘right to freedom’ — it’s about the ‘right to life’, according to lawyers
Access to 4G internet in Jammu and Kashmir was shot down by the Supreme Court on Monday. Instead, t…
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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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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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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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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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It’s been 5 days since Article 370 was scrapped but Kashmiris continue to live in the dark
For the last five days, Indians have been arguing, joking and debating the abrogation of Article 37…
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All that's happened in Kashmir over the last 72 hours – from movement of troops to suspension of internet to political leaders under house arrest
However, there has been no clear evidence to suggest any of the above. Let us look at al…
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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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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 spine-chilling account of the situation in Kashmir has gone viral-- and here's how it stacks up against the government narrative
A Reuters Correspondent Devjyot Ghoshal said, "The situation is NOT normal in Kashmir" following…