Bangladesh Riots Force Government To Cut Internet Nationwide As Chaos Erupts
By Tyler Durden Bangladesh has been rocked by weeks of social unrest as thousands of university students protest against inequality, poverty, and the lack of…
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The Global Internet Kill Switch
By Tyler Durden The global number of internet shutdowns has been rising again for the second year in a row. As Statista’s Katharina Buchholz reports,…
State Of Emergency Declared In Kazakhstan’s Largest City After Fuel Price Riots, Internet Cut
By Tyler Durden Large-scale protests in Kazakhstan are growing more fierce by the day, with video emerging from major cities showing police vehicles being attacked…
Indonesian Court Allows Internet Blocking Amid Social Unrest
By Global Voices Southeast Asia On October 27, Indonesia’s Constitutional Court ruled that it is constitutionally acceptable for the Indonesian government to block and throttle…
These Countries Have an Internet Kill Switch … And They Admit It
By Aden Tate What do you suppose would happen if the President of the United States deemed it necessary, for “national security,” to flip the Internet…
Internet Shutdown Emerging As Authoritarian Weapon Of Choice
When the Internet goes dark, so does a raft of services that are dependent on it, such as banks, service companies, businesses, medical facilities, social…
The President Has an “Internet Kill Switch” — A Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Wants to Change That
By Brad Polumbo The COVID-19 crisis has taken an enormous human toll, with more than 200,000 Americans having succumbed to the virus, according to government…
Myanmar Activist Poet Convicted for Protesting Against Internet Shutdown
By Mong Palatino A local Myanmar court has convicted poet and activist Maung Saungkha for violating the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law. Maung Saungkha,…