Tag: India
#NoExamShutdown: One step forward, another step back
27 Oct 2026
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Across the MENA region, governments are imposing internet shutdowns during student exams. Read our exam shutdown report card and join the call for governments to keep this academic year free of internet shutdowns.
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.
2025 elections and internet shutdowns watch
30 Jan 2025
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Governments around the world continue to shut down the internet during elections. Join our 2025 elections watch to #KeepItOn.
YouTube and Facebook let India down during the Lok Sabha election
26 Jun 2024
Partial enforcement of India’s Telecom Act — a total eclipse of digital rights
25 Jun 2024
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Access Now urges the Indian government to amend the Telecom Act 2023 and consult with civil society and experts before framing rules to implement the Act to safeguard people’s rights to privacy and free speech.
How AI is changing elections around the world
6 Jun 2024
How a shadowy Meta, YouTube black market clouds India election integrity
3 Jun 2024
The worst year for internet shutdowns since records began
27 May 2024
India tops global internet shutdown list for 6th year in a row — ‘it is widening digital divide’
24 May 2024
Blackout leader: Editorial on India leading the world when it comes to internet shutdowns
18 May 2024