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Belarus Has Shut Down the Internet Amid a Controversial Election


Belarus Has Shut Down the Internet Amid a Controversial Election

Internet connectivity and cellular service in Belarus have been down since Sunday evening, after sporadic outages early that morning and throughout the day.

Belarusian election tainted by internet shutdown and state ...

Access Now calls on the United Nations and the government of Belarus to protect the human rights of the Belarusian people in light of the ...

Will knocking Belarus offline save president from protests?

Alexander Lukashenko has cut off entire population's internet to try to stifle election dissent.

Internet disruption hits Belarus on election day - NetBlocks

Internet connectivity in Belarus has been significantly disrupted as of Sunday 9 August 2020 amid tense presidential elections.

Internet blackout in Belarus leaves protesters in the dark | Reuters

Protest groups in Belarus are trying to use limited access to the Telegram messaging service to coordinate anti-government action, ...

Belarus shuts down internet as thousands protest election results

As Alexander Lukashenka won a sixth consecutive term as president on August 10, Belarusians across the country faced difficulties getting ...

Belarus Has Shut Down the Internet Amid a Controversial Election

In Belarus, cellular service and internet connectivity have been shut down since Sunday evening after frequent outages throughout the day.

After a Rigged Election, Belarus Crushes Protests ... - The New Yorker

Masha Gessen writes about protests and censorship in Belarus after a rigged election in which President Alexander Lukashenka claimed a sixth ...

Belarus – August 9, 2020 - Internet Society Pulse

Internet access reportedly remained cut and many social media sites blocked as protesters accused President Alexander Lukashenko of rigging a landslide re- ...

Belarus Shut Down the Internet to Stop a Wild Viral Video of Its ...

Videos by VICE. Lukashenko had traveled to the factory on Monday morning via helicopter to avoid the protesters filling the streets of Minsk.

BELARUS PROTESTS: INFORMATION CONTROL AND ...

On the day of the Belarusian presidential elections,. August 9, the blackout started with slower speeds for services like YouTube and Google, ...

Belarus protests: From internet outages to pervasive website ...

This report shares OONI measurements on the blocking of websites in Belarus amid protests, following the 2020 Belarusian presidential ...

Belarus: Freedom on the Net 2021 Country Report

Internet freedom declined dramatically in Belarus as the government responded to a mass prodemocracy movement—which emerged in the run-up to the ...

Authorities block local news websites amid Belarus protests

Authorities threatened last week to censor another major domestic news website in Belarus, where dozens remain blocked amid nationwide protests.

Belarus has shut down the internet amid a controversial election

So, early yesterday I set up an OpenVPN server on ec2 (eu-west-1) to try to get some slow but functional internet access. What we saw was that ...

Belarus Has Shut Down the Internet Amid a Controversial Election : r ...

The connectivity blackout, which also includes landline phones, appears to be a government-imposed outage that comes amid widespread protests and increasing ...

NetBlocks on X: "There's little direct evidence that cyber-attacks ...

There's little direct evidence that cyber-attacks caused the ongoing internet disruption #Belarus, but conclusive attribution can be ...

Belarus: Internet Disruptions, Online Censorship

Belarusian authorities are disrupting internet access and restricting content online in response to peaceful, countrywide protests, Human Rights Watch said ...

Belarus Has Shut Down the Internet Amid a Controversial Election ...

Internet connectivity and cellular service in Belarus have been down since Sunday evening, after sporadic outages early that morning and throughout the day.

Belarusian opposition leader calls for boycott of tightly controlled ...

Sunday's tightly controlled parliamentary and local elections in Belarus are set to cement the hard-line rule of the country's authoritarian ...