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Pakistan's neighbor, India, has also been shutting off the internet quite a bit. 84 times in 2022: - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/25/a-tool-of-po
by et-al 3y ago
Pakistan's neighbor, India, has also been shutting off the internet quite a bit. 84 times in 2022:
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/25/a-tool-of-political-control-how-india-became-the-world-leader-in-internet-blackouts https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/25/a-tool-of-poli...
And Punjab had its internet severely restricted last March:
- https://www.wired.com/story/india-activist-manhunt-sikh-activist/ https://www.wired.com/story/india-activist-manhunt-sikh-acti...
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/21/punjab-internet-blackout-hunt-sikh-preacher-amritpal-singh-sandhu https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/21/punjab-interne...
(I post this as someone who loves the subcontinent.)
- arjunaanand 3y agoRead the article and comment is misleading. It happened in very very few cities and for times when riots were being incited. On other hand, Pakistan is all country internet washout and that multiple days in same week. Number is more than 100 in 365 days.
- notpushkin 3y ago> It happened in very very few cities and for times when riots were being incited. I mean, it's still bad. Not as bad as Pakistan, but still.