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Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition's report unpacks internet shutdowns in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and globally.

Internet shutdowns in MENA in 2022: continued abuses and impunity

29 Mar 2023

In 2022, authorities across the Middle East and North Africa shutdown the internet 37 times — with Iran hitting the kill switch a staggering 18 times.

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Internet shutdowns in MENA in 2022: continued abuses and impunity
29 Mar 2023
Internet shutdowns in MENA in 2022: continued abuses and impunity
#KeepItOn report EECA

Five years in a row: India is 2022’s biggest internet shutdowns offender

28 Feb 2023

In 2022, India shut down the internet at least 84 times — more than any country, for the fifth consecutive year. Read “Weapons of control, shields of impunity: Internet shutdowns in 2022.”

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Five years in a row: India is 2022’s biggest internet shutdowns offender
28 Feb 2023
Five years in a row: India is 2022’s biggest internet shutdowns offender
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
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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Internet shutdowns in Algeria and Sudan: damaging practices during exceptional circumstances

5 Oct 2020

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.

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Internet shutdowns in Algeria and Sudan: damaging practices during exceptional circumstances
5 Oct 2020
Internet shutdowns in Algeria and Sudan: damaging practices during exceptional circumstances
Senegal Internet Shutdowns

Report: the state of internet shutdowns

8 Jul 2019

Access Now’s STOP project documented 196 cases of internet shutdowns worldwide in 2018. Read the complete report to learn about internet shutdowns and how the #KeepItOn coalition fights back.

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Report: the state of internet shutdowns
8 Jul 2019
Report: the state of internet shutdowns
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العراق فرض “حظر التجول” على الإنترنت في امتحانات المدارس، ووزارة الاتصالات تنفي

6 Sep 2018

السلطات العراقية تقطع الأنترنت من جديد لمدة 10 أيام بسبب الإمتحانات

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العراق فرض “حظر التجول” على الإنترنت في امتحانات المدارس، ووزارة الاتصالات تنفي
6 Sep 2018
العراق فرض “حظر التجول” على الإنترنت في امتحانات المدارس، ووزارة الاتصالات تنفي
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Iraq imposes internet “curfew” for school exams, but says it has no intention to cut internet

5 Sep 2018

Iraq is imposing curfew-style internet shutdowns, where the internet is shut down repeatedly, routinely blacking out online communications on an ongoing basis.

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Iraq imposes internet “curfew” for school exams, but says it has no intention to cut internet
5 Sep 2018
Iraq imposes internet “curfew” for school exams, but says it has no intention to cut internet

We need to stop shutting down the internet for school exams

16 May 2017

A, B, C, or D — all of the above? Governments worldwide are shutting down the internet to prevent exam cheating.

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We need to stop shutting down the internet for school exams
16 May 2017
We need to stop shutting down the internet for school exams