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Internet clampdowns in India have increased 27 times — from three in 2012 to 83 in 2020, according to the Internet Shutdown Tracker, maintained by Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), a legal services organization based in Delhi. Between 2012 and 2021, 468 incidents of internet shutdowns have taken place in the country. On January 31, 2021, the Ministry of Home Affairs ordered a temporary suspension of internet services in certain areas of the National Capital Region, including Delhi's Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri borders, in light of the ongoing farmers' protests against the three new farm ...

ETtech Weekend Briefing: 551 days without 4G, Budget & Bezos Want this newsletter delievered to your inbox? SUBSCRIBE We'll soon meet in your inbox. / Unwrapped Good morning, Internet shutdowns are the modern-day book bans. Except that shutting down the internet in 2021 is more like banning millions of books -- and shutting banks, grocery stores, schools and offices -- for millions of people at once. So it’s good news that the two longest internet shutdowns the world has ever seen ended in quick succession this week, in India and Myanmar. Internet shutdowns are a bad idea for many reasons,...

Rihanna, Greta Thunberg Lend Support to Plight of Indian Farmers Archana Chaudhary, Bibhudatta Pradhan and Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Bloomberg News BC-Rihanna-Greta-Thunberg-Lend-Support-to-Plight-of-Indian-Farmers , Archana Chaudhary, Bibhudatta Pradhan and Sudhi Ranjan Sen (Bloomberg) -- Pop star Rihanna and environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg have drawn global attention to Indian farmers’ fight against the government’s new agriculture laws, shining a spotlight on its suspension of internet services at protest sites around New Delhi....

Rihanna, Greta Thunberg back India farmers’ plight SILENCING VOICES: India has tried to block the Twitter accounts of journalists and protest leaders, and last year curbed Internet use more than any other country Bloomberg Pop star Rihanna and environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg have drawn global attention to Indian farmers’ fight against new agriculture laws, shining a spotlight on its suspension of Internet services at protest sites around New Delhi. “Why aren’t we talking about this?! #FarmersProtest,” Rihanna wrote on Twitter to he...

Farmer protests: Haryana shuts down internet and SMS services in more districts Courtesy: Kisan Ekta Morcha Twitter The Haryana government on Friday shutdown internet and SMS services in fourteen more districts, claiming that it was doing so to curb misinformation related to the ongoing farmers’ protests. The fourteen impacted districts are: Ambala, Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Kaithal, Panipat, Hisar, Jind, Rohtak, Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Rewari, Fatehabad, and Sirsa. Internet and SMS services in these districts will remain suspended until 5 PM, January 30. So far, there have b...