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#NoExamShutdown: lessons for the new academic year

18 Sep 2025

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.

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#NoExamShutdown: lessons for the new academic year
18 Sep 2025
#NoExamShutdown: lessons for the new academic year
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Lives on hold: internet shutdowns in 2024

23 Feb 2025

The 2024 #KeepItOn report on internet shutdowns is out. Read on for key insights from this year’s data.

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Lives on hold: internet shutdowns in 2024
23 Feb 2025
Lives on hold: internet shutdowns in 2024
Authorities Gabon #KeepItOn

The most violent year: internet shutdowns in 2023

15 May 2024

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition documented 283 internet shutdowns in 2023 — the highest number since 2016.

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The most violent year: internet shutdowns in 2023
15 May 2024
The most violent year: internet shutdowns in 2023
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#لا_لقطع_الإنترنت_خلال_الامتحانات: رسالة مفتوحة إلى السلطات في العراق لعدم حجب الانترنت خلال الامتحانات

8 May 2024

مع اقتراب فترة الامتحانات هذا العام، نرسل رسالة إلى السلطات في العراق لعدم قطع الانترنت (#KeepItOn) (#لا_لقطع_الإنترنت_خلال_الامتحانات).

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#لا_لقطع_الإنترنت_خلال_الامتحانات: رسالة مفتوحة إلى السلطات في العراق لعدم حجب الانترنت خلال الامتحانات
8 May 2024
#لا_لقطع_الإنترنت_خلال_الامتحانات: رسالة مفتوحة إلى السلطات في العراق لعدم حجب الانترنت خلال الامتحانات
#NoExamShutdown motto

#NoExamShutdown: Open letter to authorities in Iraq to #KeepItOn during exams

2 May 2024

As exams approach this year, we’re sending a letter to authorities in Iraq to #KeepItOn during exams and call for #NoExamShutdown

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#NoExamShutdown: Open letter to authorities in Iraq to #KeepItOn during exams
2 May 2024
#NoExamShutdown: Open letter to authorities in Iraq to #KeepItOn during exams
#NoExamShutdown 2024

End internet shutdowns during exams for good: #NoExamShutdown

29 Apr 2024

As the 2024 exam season in MENA draws near, the #NoExamShutdown campaign continues to advocate for an end to internet shutdowns during exams.

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End internet shutdowns during exams for good: #NoExamShutdown
29 Apr 2024
End internet shutdowns during exams for good: #NoExamShutdown
#NoExamShutdown

Open Letter: The Prime Minister of Iraq must commit to #KeepItOn at the upcoming cabinet meeting, and put an end to internet shutdowns during exams

22 May 2023

Access Now and partners send a letter to the Iraqi Prime Minister to #KeepItOn during next month’s exams.

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Open Letter: The Prime Minister of Iraq must commit to #KeepItOn at the upcoming cabinet meeting, and put an end to internet shutdowns during exams
22 May 2023
Open Letter: The Prime Minister of Iraq must commit to #KeepItOn at the upcoming cabinet meeting, and put an end to internet shutdowns during exams
Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition's report unpacks internet shutdowns in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and globally.

Resurging internet shutdowns in 2022: weapons of control, shields of impunity

28 Feb 2023
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Resurging internet shutdowns in 2022: weapons of control, shields of impunity
28 Feb 2023
Resurging internet shutdowns in 2022: weapons of control, shields of impunity
Authorities in Kenya must immediately restore access and #KeepItOn throughout protests and unrest

Weapons of control, shields of impunity: Internet shutdowns in 2022

28 Feb 2023

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition documented 187 internet shutdowns in 2022, across a record-setting 35 countries.

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Weapons of control, shields of impunity: Internet shutdowns in 2022
28 Feb 2023
Weapons of control, shields of impunity: Internet shutdowns in 2022
internet shutdown #KeepItOn

People need the internet during emergencies: #KeepItOn in Iraq

7 Feb 2023

Authorities in Iraq must immediately reinstate full internet access — including social media — across the nation. #KeepItOn

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People need the internet during emergencies: #KeepItOn in Iraq
7 Feb 2023
People need the internet during emergencies: #KeepItOn in Iraq
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