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Global Internet Shutdowns


Internet shutdowns are a growing threat to democracy. What can be ...

States seem to agree: 167 of the world's countries are party to the agreement. In 2013, the world's countries also came together to proclaim ...

Microsoft IT outage: What the world would look like without internet

Most of us would be unable to work, online banking services would be disrupted, stock markets and financial trading platforms would shut down, e ...

Internet Shutdowns Tracker by - SFLC.in

An internet shutdown was imposed in the evening of 4th August 2019, when Article 370 of the Constitution was abrogated by the Parliament of India. It was passed ...

Blackout: understanding the internet shutdowns in Kazakhstan ... - ODI

The first four weeks of 2022 have seen internet shutdowns take place in both Kazakhstan and Yemen, as the two countries were entirely cut off from the global ...

Chart: The Global Internet Kill Switch - ask Statista

This chart shows the number of global internet shutdowns and number of countries where they happened.

Record number of countries enforced internet shutdowns in 2022

The research by internet rights group Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition documents 187 shutdowns in 2022. These were introduced by ...

In India, World's Internet Shutdown Capital, Blockades Undermine ...

In 2022, as many as 84 out of 187 global internet shutdowns were in India. Based on field research, over 70 interviews, a new report on internet suspensions ...

Internet Shutdowns and Mobilisation: Predictive Modelling of ... - OII

One notable example stems from the Arab Spring, during which multiple governments instructed Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to disable their services to ...

India Tops Internet Shutdown Globally for 5th Consecutive Year

Out of 187 shutdowns across 35 countries last year, 84 were ordered in India, including 49 in J&K, according to Internet advocacy watchdog ...

An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Internet Shutdowns | OTF

As authoritarian governments increasingly use internet shutdowns to censor content, it has become critical to understand the language ...

How Internet Shutdowns Wreak Havoc in India - Time

5, 2019, when the Muslim-majority region of Kashmir entered what would eventually be the world's longest internet shutdown—lasting 552 days— ...

Engaging with the Private Sector to End Internet Shutdowns

Internet shutdowns are occurring increasingly globally, posing significant threats to freedom of expression, access to information & economic growth. These ...

India tops list of global internet shutdowns - YouTube

India recorded the highest number of internet shutdowns globally in 2022. This was the fifth consecutive year when India topped the list of ...

New report by CYRILLA initiative explores the laws on internet ...

The report outlines jurisprudence across the global South on the legality of internet shutdowns. It tackles the growing challenge of government- ...

Digital Darkness: India leads the world in internet shutdowns

India recorded 116 deliberate internet blackouts in 2023, most of which were found to be in response to civil unrest and State-wide agitations.

Life in an Internet Shutdown: Crossing Borders for Email and ...

From July 2015 through June 2016, shutdowns caused global losses of more than $2.4 billion, according to the Brookings Institution, a research ...

Countering an Authoritarian Overhaul of the Internet | Freedom House

Nowhere was this clearer than in Russia, Myanmar, Libya, and Sudan, which experienced the world's steepest declines in internet freedom. Online censorship ...

India is the internet shutdown capital of the world - Mint Lounge

67% of the world's documented shutdowns took place in India last year Lounge studies the anatomy of a network disruption and the impact it ...

Decoding India's dubious distinction as world's 'internet shutdown ...

Top 10 VPN, a leading Virtual Private Network review website, reported in 2020 that the internet was shut down in India for 8,927 hours, and it ...

World Report 2020: Shutting Down the Internet to Shut Up Critics

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