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Internet Shutdowns during Elections


Internet shutdowns and elections handbook - Access Now

Internet shutdowns and elections handbook A guide for election observers, embassies, activists, and journalists This handbook explains how internet.

2024 elections and internet shutdowns watch - Access Now

Governments around the world continue to shut down the internet during elections. Join our 2024 elections watch to #KeepItOn.

Internet Shutdowns during Elections - Internet Society

During election periods, the Internet takes on a new level of importance for everyone. It's important for democracy to keep it on and ...

Joint Statement on Internet Shutdowns and Elections

We, the members of the Freedom Online Coalition, strongly condemn intentional measures taken by States to undermine an open, free, global and interoperable ...

Internet shutdowns – an explainer - DW Akademie

With governments increasingly pulling the plug on Internet and social networks during critical periods such as protests and elections, it's time to get ...

Election-day internet shutdown is a reckless attack on people's rights

Following the internet shutdown in Pakistan as the country holds its general elections today, Livia Saccardi, Interim Deputy Director for ...

2024, Year of Elections (and Hopefully Not Internet Shutdowns)

Election periods increase the risk of Internet shutdowns. During elections in some countries, officials look at controlling access to ...

Internet Shutdowns Threaten Democracy in World's Biggest Voting ...

When governments shut down the internet during elections, they prevent citizens from fully exercising their rights to access information and ...

Internet restriction during elections - ACE

An internet shutdown is 'an intentional disruption of Internet or electronic communications, rendering them inaccessible or effectively unusable.

Internet restrictions during elections – Surfshark

In 2024, 90 countries will hold elections. In some of them, governments may tighten control over the web. Learn more in Surfshark's Chart of ...

Resolution on Internet Shutdowns and Elections in Africa - ACHPR ...

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Commission), meeting at its 78th Private Ordinary Session, held virtually from 23 ...

Internet shutdowns and elections in authoritarian regimes | WZB

How does internet access and its disruption influence electoral conduct under authoritarian governments? A study by Lisa Garbe, using Uganda as an example.

Digital rights watchdogs warn against internet shutdowns in Togo ...

The groups called on Togo's government to avoid a repeat of the past and protect internet access during elections next week.

Government Internet Shutdowns Are Changing. How Should ...

As governments find more effective ways to carry out internet shutdowns, citizens and democracies need more effective ways to combat them.

Democracy Dimmed: Internet Shutdowns in India and Elections

Shutdowns do not address national, political, and institutional issues, and they are particularly damaging during elections, ...

Blocking the Bottleneck: Internet Shutdowns and Ownership at ...

Authoritarian Practices in the Digital Age| Blocking the Bottleneck: Internet Shutdowns and Ownership at Election Times in Sub-Saharan Africa.

From limitation to derogation of rights: Revisiting internet shutdowns ...

Author: Chrispin BosireAdvocate of the High Court of Kenya Introduction Free access to information, free speech and liberty of expression ...

Information Controls and Internet Shutdowns in African Elections ...

In August 2021 Zambia joined the growing list of countries in Africa to order an internet shutdown during an election period. The Zambian government was true to ...

Task Force on Internet Shutdowns (TFIS) - Freedom Online Coalition

The Task Force works to improve coordination among like-minded countries, civil society, and the private sector to anticipate and respond to Internet shutdowns.

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

In March, Russia blocked Facebook domestically, whilst its military has targeted communications towers in Ukraine. As elections professionals, ...