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What will happen if Russia cuts itself off from the internet?

With mounting pressure from the West, Moscow may create its own version of the ‘great firewall of China’.

Mohiuddin Ahmed, The Conversation
&
Paul Haskell-Dowland, The Conversation
· Mar 11, 2022 · 11:30 pm
Digital authoritarianism: Kazakhstan is the latest country to use internet shutdown as a weapon

The number of internet shutdowns is on the rise, from 56 times in 2016 to at least 155 times in 29 countries in 2020.

Margaret Hu, The Conversation
· Jan 26, 2022 · 11:30 pm
How the Modi government’s new IT rules jeopardise the right to privacy and free speech

The Centre’s recent attempts to provide clarification over the notification fail to allay concerns raised by civil society, tech companies and internet users.

Namrata Maheshwari
,
Ria Singh Sawhney
&
Akhil Thomas
· Nov 22, 2021 · 07:30 am

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