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India One Step Ahead in the Internet Shutdowns Globally: Reports

The internet shutdown happened for the next year in a row, and the global number rose again in the second year, 2023. According to the newly ...

India, world's largest democracy, leads global list of internet ... - CNN

India imposed the highest number of internet shutdowns globally ... a move Access Now called “a further escalation of its repressive tactics.

Digital Darkness: India leads the world in internet shutdowns

Over 500 shutdowns just in the last five years were recorded, according to a report released by Access Now, a global non-profit organisation ...

India leads in global internet shutdowns for 6th year in a row: Report

India logged 116 instances of internet shutdowns in 2023, accounting for 41% of the 283 globally, according to data analysed by Access Now.

How Indian Internet Users are Circumventing Internet Shutdowns

People living and working in regions prone to prolonged Internet shutdowns in India, such as Jammu Kashmir, and Manipur, have devised various ways to access ...

India leads the world internet shutdown count for sixth year

For the sixth year in a row, India led the world in internet shutdowns, disrupting the internet at least 116 times.

'A tool of political control': how India became the world leader in ...

Yet India's dubious title as a world leader in internet shutdowns – above authoritarian regimes including Russia, Sudan, Iran, Myanmar and ...

“No Internet Means No Work, No Pay, No Food”: Internet Shutdowns ...

Since 2018, India has shut down the internet more often than any other country in the world. According to one estimate, India was responsible ...

India: 'Internet shutdown capital of the world' – DW – 03/15/2023

Last year, around the world, governments in 35 countries shut down the internet at least 187 times. According to a recent report by the US ...

India tops list of global internet shutdowns - YouTube

... India is so quick to impose internet shutdowns and why it's a violation of a person's rights. #InternetShutdown #InternetAccess #humanrights ...

The Creeping Rise of India's Internet Shutdowns - New America

This data point makes India the leading country for internet shutdowns globally, even surpassing countries like Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, and ...

2023 Was the Worst Year for Internet Shutdowns, Report Finds - Time

Led by India with 116 shutdowns, governments weaponized Internet access at an all-time high in 2023, says a new study from Access Now.

Internet freedom in India - statistics & facts - Statista

India is among the leading countries in the world in terms of internet shutdowns. State-wide internet blackouts have been a common ...

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 ...

India Is the World's Leader in Internet Shutdowns - Foreign Policy

There is precedent for the government's move: Internet service was suspended 53 times in the Jammu and Kashmir region so far this year. As ...

An Investigation into the Intersection of Internet Shutdowns ... - CRTC

In 2023, the Indian government implemented 30 internet shutdowns in various regions of the country, lasting a total of 7,821 hours and incurring ...

India?s Internet shutdown in Kashmir is now the longest ever in a ...

Landlines and calls on some mobile phones were subsequently restored, but the Internet remains blocked — a move Indian authorities say is ...

How Internet Shutdowns Wreak Havoc in India - Time

The ongoing shutdown in Manipur is a reminder that India is the "most brutal censor of the internet in the democratic world."

Why India shuts down the internet more than any other democracy

India shut down the internet 93 times this year, and a blackout in Kashmir is the world's longest.

Number of internet shutdowns India 2012-2024 - Statista

According to the Freedom House Index ratings of 2019, India was labelled a partially free democracy and scored a mediocre 55 points out of 100 ...