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In small, fragile democracies or states. india, the largest democracy in the world, also leads the world in the total number of internet shutdowns. more than 100 in 2018. they have a great disruption economically. shutdowns from 2012 to 2017 dcot the indian government $3 billion. it appears more and more governments are expand being the control of the internet beyond shutdowns. last year egypt enacted a law in which social media users with more than 5,000 followers have to register with the gove...

The internet was naturally independent of the tir ran nis. zam bab way was the fifth country to shut down the internet. the government ordered telecom companies to block internet services domestically. the high court eventually ordered services restored. before that the democratic republic of the congo cut off internet access for 20 days after a contested election. in 2018, 188 full or partial shutdowns of the internet were ordered by governments around the world according to the advocacy group ...

So maybe they will invent something. maybe they will address the humanity in general for the moment not, so we have, if we want, if we wake up, if we refine the sense of our duty, they can lose. still can lose. >> balways a pleasure to have you. >> thank you. for me. next on "gps" were all so addicted to our phones and computers, what would happen if the internet suddenly went off? it is increasingly happening across the globe when governments decide they dont want their citizens to have acces...

Thats obviously progress, but governments are increasingly controlling online spaces and the easy optimism about a free and open internet that marks its inception feels a bit misplaced. according to an october report from freedom house, 2018 marked the eighth consecutive year in which internet freedom declined worldwide. now theres been one big exception to the idea of a free internet from the start, china. there the internet always has been a world garden. the 800 million users are protected fr...