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Zimbabwe Shutdown: Government accused of blocking WhatsApp and Facebook
- ccnafr 8y agoWould probably be better if an HN mod could modify the title to clarify this affects Zimbabwe and not the US. Real-time RIPE stats: https://stat.ripe.net/ZW#tabId=routing https://stat.ripe.net/ZW#tabId=routing This affects more than just Facebook and WhatsAppp, as the article claims.
- sctb 8y agoThanks, we've reverted the title from the submitted “ISP blocking data access during Shutdown”.
- mmsimanga 8y agoI know this story isn't startup related but it would be good to give it some front page time (not sure that is possible). Hackers here can suggest ways in which the people of Zimbabwe can get online and let the world know what is happening.
- leeeees 8y agoIndeed, had been offline for sometime because they had blocked VPN usage as well