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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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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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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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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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As 2G returns to Kashmir after 5 months, these are some strong arguments against internet shutdowns in the future
If you're in a crowd that has a demonstration and you're worried that something might happen to som…
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Ethiopia's government shut down the entire country's internet and 80 people have been killed in protests following the assassination of a popular musician
Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, a popular singer and social activist, was shot dead on June 29 in Addis Ababa.
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Myanmar has had an internet blackout for a year. Some of its citizens still don't know there's a pandemic.
On 21 June 2019, Myanmar imposed an internet blackout on 9 cities and townships.
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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High voter turnout marks India’s second phase of polling — aside from EVM malfunctions, violence at poll booths, and internet shutdowns
Eleven Indian states and one union territory were up for vote today in the second phase of India…
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WhatsApp's new feature could help Iranians bypass censors and coordinate protests during government-imposed internet blackouts
WhatsApp's move to offer access to proxy servers aims to dodge the impact of internet shutdowns, wh…
Stephanie Stacey
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Government-imposed internet blackouts cost the global economy $8 billion in 2019, and 2020 could be even worse
Often governments cite public safety as a reason for shutting off the internet, or curbing the spre…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Myanmar enters its second year of internet blackout - the longest in the world
Myanmar's government has been battling the Arakan Army (AA), an armed group fighting for the ind…
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Toons tell the top stories of 2019 — with a dash of sarcasm
However, it is important to mention that in the run up to the elections that governmen…
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Job diary: I'm a 32-year-old porn star making five figures a month from home during the pandemic. My secret weapon is my gift of gab.
"I'm known as a diva in the industry," says Romi Rain, who works 9-to-5 days and films, edits, and …
Jenny Powers
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Job diary: I'm a 'chocolate alchemist' at a resort in St. Lucia — and yes, I spend my days making and tasting a lot of chocolate
Peter Gabriel began working at the Jade Mountain resort after his bakery was washed away by a flood.
Molly O'Brien
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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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Indian data laws have an uncanny resemblance to Russia’s 'new' internet and China’s 'Great Firewall'
Many Asian countries are moving to limit the many unlimited freedoms that Internet offers. The late…
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POLL: Americans think the shutdown will end in 3 weeks. They also thought that last week.
SurveyMonkey Audience polls from a national sample balanced by census data of age and gender. Respo…
Walt Hickey
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Iran has been cut off from the internet for almost 72 hours
Update: 65 hours after #Iran implemented a near-total internet shutdown, some of the last remaining…
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A TikTok video of a dog owner waking up his blind and deaf pup has melted hearts across the internet
Aiden Mann says he was nervous about adopting a dog with special needs, but he fell in love with Pl…
Margot Harris
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Russia officially introduced a 'sovereign internet' law to let Putin cut the entire country from the rest of the web
"It's more about creating a reliable internet that will continue to work in the event of external i…