Tag: blackouts
Rising repression meets global resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025
31 Mar 2026
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Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition documented 313 internet shutdowns in 2025 — the highest number since 2016.
Internet shutdowns in armed conflict: a typology of harms
11 Dec 2025
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Our latest report, Internet shutdowns in armed conflict: a typology of harms, unpacks the serious harms that internet shutdowns inflict on civilian populations during armed conflict.
How to tell when your government shuts down your Internet access
25 Jun 2020
African regional court rules Togo 2017 internet shutdown was illegal
25 Jun 2020
ECOWAS Court upholds digital rights, rules 2017 internet shutdowns in Togo illegal
25 Jun 2020
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice ruled that the September 2017 internet shutdown ordered by the Togolese government during protests is illegal and an affront to the applicants’ right to freedom of expression.