What Turkmenistan internet shutdowns tell us about digital repression in Central Asia
Turkmenistan internet shutdowns are extreme. The international community must take action to prevent digital repression from expanding further across Central Asia.
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Turkmenistan internet shutdowns are extreme. The international community must take action to prevent digital repression from expanding further across Central Asia.
The Committee to Protect Journalists spoke to researchers who tracked the use of Huawei equipment known as middleboxes in the internet networks of 72 countries, 18 of which were using the devices to block news or other websites.
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Scott Carpenter Contributor Share on Twitter Scott Carpenter is Jigsaw’s Director of Policy and International Engagement. Prior to Google, Carpenter served as the Keston Family Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and as the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Democracy and Human Rights. Authoritarian governments from twenty-one […]