Tag: internet 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.
Holding space for human rights: improving the governance of satellite internet connectivity
5 Feb 2025
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From obstructed humanitarian access to the weaponization of personal digital devices, internet connectivity is an issue that carries multiple layers of harms
— one that we are only just starting to unpack.
Internet shutdowns in Algeria and Sudan: damaging practices during exceptional circumstances
5 Oct 2020
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Shutting down the internet to prevent cheating on exams is not efficient or effective. Rather, shutdowns hurt human rights, disrupt public affairs, and cause huge financial losses that compound the longer the shutdown lasts.
Kashmir internet blackouts thwart coronavirus fight
20 May 2020