India Tops World In Internet Shutdowns... Again

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With only 2G services allowed, Kashmir’s internet suspension has been dubbed the longest in a democracy. With 454 such cases of internet shutdowns since 2014, has India become the internet shutdown capital of the world?

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01:00Network shutdowns have emerged as a tool in the whole global phenomenon of what some call

01:22the closing of civil society space, of pressures on activists, pressures on NGOs, pressures

01:32on independent voices of accountability that conflict with established governments.

01:52I dream of a digital India where 1.2 billion connected Indians drive innovation.

02:07I dream of a digital India where access to information knows no barriers.

02:22I dream of a digital India where access to information knows no barriers.

02:32I dream of a digital India where access to information knows no barriers.

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