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Scientists discover world's largest snake in the Amazon

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Report: Governments Are Shutting Down The Internet More Than Ever

Governments are using internet shutdowns to quell dissent and ahead of elections, school exams, or to prevent the spread of what they say is "misinformation."

According to Access Now’s annual KeepItOn report, governments across the world are shutting down the internet more than ever, often in an attempt to squash dissent, limit discussions of controversial subjects, during elections, or as part of a broader strategy to damage infrastructure during military conflicts.

The report states that 167 internet shutdowns occurred in 2022, compared to 112 in 2021, 99 in 2020 and 75 in 2019. The leading country, as it has been for the past five years, is India, with 84 shutdowns this year. But other governments are also increasingly using the practice. 2022 marked the first year since tracking started in 2016 that the number of shutdowns outside of India topped 100.

Some of the internet shutdowns, 28, included in the report are shutdowns of specific services, like social media sites, and not the entire internet.

Many of India’s shutdowns occurred in the Jammu and Kashmir regions, intended to squash protests and unrest in the region. The government has also, according to the report, refused to end shutdowns after being ordered to by the country’s Supreme Court.

They are not alone, there were 62 shutdowns that Access Now says were done to quell unrest in areas, the longest coming from Myanmar which has the longest ongoing shutdown, set to exceed 540 days in March. Sixteen of the shutdowns in 2022 were carried over from 2021 and another 16, including the aforementioned Myanmar shutdown that began in 2021, carried over into 2023.

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Left: NetBlocks@netblocks ⚠️ Confirmed: A near-total internet shutdown is in effect in #Myanmar as of 1 a.m. local time; real-time network data show national connectivity at just 14% of ordinary levels following state-ordered information blackout; incident ongoing Right: NetBlocks @netblocks February 14, 2021, Replying to @netblocks: Update: Internet connectivity is being restored in #Myanmar from 9 am local time; network data show national connectivity rising to ordinary levels after information blackout; social media still restricted for most users; incident duration ~8 hours (Twitter)

One surprising trigger for internet shutdowns is school exams. Authorities implemented eight shutdowns in an attempt to prevent cheating during school exams, including four cases that shut off the internet for the entire country (Algeria, Jordan, Sudan and Syria) and four cases that shut down the internet in three specific regions (Kurdistan in Iraq and Assam and West Bengal in India.)

Internet shutdowns do not just affect the protesters or students the government is targeting, but usually affect large swaths of the population indiscriminately, affecting the economy, tourism and daily life.

“I saved enough money to buy myself a smartphone, and started working as a delivery agent to provide for my family. My income depends on the internet. When the internet is shut down for days on end, I don’t make a single rupee,” a food delivery driver from Shillong, Meghalaya, India is quoted as saying in the report.

“With repeated shutdowns, tourism, the mainstay of our economy, is taking a hit. We can never say how long a communication blackout will last. Tourists become stranded, unable to communicate with loved ones, as basic messaging, navigation, and mobility services all become unavailable.”

The majority of shutdowns were intended to squash dissent and that has made it more difficult for activists and dissidents to fight back against oppressive regimes. “In some places, we can only communicate over military-owned telecom operators’ networks, even when we know it is very risky,” a person described in the report as a “human rights defender” in Myanmar said.

“Many times, we have to communicate with intermediaries for people’s safety, so we struggle to get direct information. Everything we do is being monitored — the military is conducting house raids, freezing our bank accounts and mobile banking apps, monitoring financial transactions, tracking SIM cards and phone IMEIs, stopping the issuance of passports to control people flying in and out.”

While most shutdowns affect the entire population of an area in some way, oftentimes governments target mobile networks specifically to allow wired broadband access to continue. Access Now says this creates a digital divide in poorer countries where only the wealthy elite and some businesses have access to wired internet and the vast majority of activists and lower-class people rely on mobile networks for communications.

There have been some technological attempts to enable internet access that cannot be easily shut down by the authorities. Of these technologies, mesh networks show the most promise.

Rather than relying on a cellular network, mesh network devices act as “nodes” passing on information to other devices in that network. With small and cheap enough devices, activists could hide them around an entire city, creating an intranet that would allow communication to continue within the city. If one or more of the devices could connect to a router with an internet connection, it could also act as a waypoint for the rest of the devices and open up the entirety of the internet for devices on the network.

But mesh networks have hurdles that must first be overcome to become a viable solution. While devices can be built fairly cheaply, what is cheap in the United States may be harder to obtain in developing or war-torn countries. There is also the issue of trust. If the devices are easily made and reproducible, then it would be trivial for governments to add a few nodes of their own to the network and monitor communications.

The technology also isn’t that popular in most regions that have the capital to bootstrap the project. Most populations in so-called 'first world' countries aren’t commonly subjected to government shutdowns and so their populations don't see the need for mesh network devices they may never use. This lack of investment limits the technology’s ability to scale.

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In 2021, Vice Motherboard wrote an article profiling activists who were working on easily deployable mesh network devices that could be made with off-the-shelf products, but the project’s website is down and its GitLab page hasn’t been updated in two years.

If the governments of those countries do decide to implement shutdowns, it may already be too late to spread information about the mesh networks and get them running.

While the United States did not shut down the internet in 2023 according to the report, Its government is not above shutting down the internet. In 2011, the Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART) shuttered its underground wireless network while dealing with protests that erupted after a police shooting, and in 2016 activists at Standing Rock claimed their cellphone signals would mysteriously disappear, interrupting livestreams that were showing police actions against protesters.

Still, there are other mesh network projects ongoing, and projects like NYC Mesh not only have been used to provide internet for protesters, the company uses the technology to offer cheaper alternatives to traditional internet service providers.

Of course, mesh networks would largely be unnecessary if governments simply stopped shutting down the internet, something Access Now suggests they do. “Commit in law, policy, and practice to #KeepItOn at all times, and encourage other states to do the same,” the report suggests.

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It is counting day. Verdict will be delivered about the fate of 946 candidates as counting of votes for the 126-member Assam Legislative Assembly 126 seat begins at 8AM, Sunday (May 2).

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Had Asked States, UTs in March to Ensure Covid-appropriate Behaviour in All Gatherings: Centre to HC

Had Asked States, UTs in March to Ensure Covid-appropriate Behaviour in All Gatherings: Centre to HC

The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that it had in March this year asked all state governments and union territories (UTs) to ensure compliance of Covid-19-appropriate behaviour in all gatherings. The submission by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has come in response to a plea seeking to debar campaigners and candidates from campaigning in the assembly elections for repeatedly violating…

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CM Sonowal, Leader of Oppn Among Prominent Names for First Phase

CM Sonowal, Leader of Oppn Among Prominent Names for First Phase

As Assam goes to polls for the first phase of elections in 47 seats, voting began at 7 am on Saturday for to decide the fate of prominent candidates including Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Speaker Hitendranath Goswami and Debrata Saikia, the leader of opposition in the state. While CM Sarbananda Sonowal is contesting from Majuli, Debrata Saikia is contesting from Assam’s Nazira constituency.…

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Scientists discover world's largest snake in Amazon

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Assam polls 2021: BJP booth president stabbed to death in Tinsukia

Assam polls 2021: BJP booth president stabbed to death in Tinsukia

Image Source : FILE PHOTO BJP booth committee president stabbed to death in Assam A BJP booth committee president was stabbed to death in Assam’s Tinsukia district by one person, who has already been arrested, police said on Saturday. According to a senior police officer, the incident took place on Friday night at No 1 Doomdooma Nagaon village under Bordumsa police station of the district. After…

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पश्चिम बंगाल (West Bengal), तमिलनाडु (Tamil Nadu), केरल (Kerala) और असम (Assam) और केंद्रशासित प्रदेश पुडुचेरी (Puducherry) में चुनाव की तैयारी जोरो पर चल रही है। प्रमुख दलों के उम्मीदवारों की घोषणा करने के साथ ही चुनाव (Elections 2021) की आधिकारिक तैयारियां हो चुकी हैं। ममता बनर्जी (Mamata Banerjee) ने नंदीग्राम से चुनाव लड़ने की घोषणा करते हुए अटकलों टाल दिया, जबकि अन्नाद्रमुक (AIDMK) और बीजेपी…

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Assam assembly election 2021: तेजस्वी ने खोले पत्ते, समान विचाराधारा वाले दलों से RJD करेगी गठबंधन

Assam assembly election 2021: तेजस्वी ने खोले पत्ते, समान विचाराधारा वाले दलों से RJD करेगी गठबंधन

राष्ट्रीय जनता दल (राजद) के नेता तेजस्वी यादव ने शनिवार को कहा कि उनकी पार्टी समान विचारधारा वाले दलों से गठबंधन कर असम में आगामी विधानसभा चुनाव लड़ेगी। तेजस्वी यादव ने गुवाहाटी की अपनी पहली… Source link

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PM Modi बंगाल और असम के दौरे पर जाएंगे आज, पढ़ें:क्या क्या देंगे

PM Modi बंगाल और असम के दौरे पर जाएंगे आज, पढ़ें:क्या क्या देंगे

ZamanaTV: जैसा की आप जानते हैं , प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी आज यानी रविवार को असम और बंगाल के दौरे पर जा रहे हैं। दोनों ही चुनावी राज्यों में पीएम मोदी कई योजनाओं का शिलान्यास करेंगे और तोहफों की सौगात देंगे। पिछले 16 दिनों में पीएम मोदी दूसरी बार असम और बंगाल जा रहे हैं। भाजपा के मिशन बंगला के तहत इस यात्रा को काफी अहम माना जा रहा है, क्योंकि पार्टी को उम्मीद है कि पीएम मोदी के इस दौर से बंगाल…

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असम में अबकी बार त्रिकोणीय मुकाबला: NDA और महागठबंधन को टक्कर देने के लिए 2 क्षेत्रीय दलों का गठजोड़, 45 सीटों पर है असर

असम में अबकी बार त्रिकोणीय मुकाबला: NDA और महागठबंधन को टक्कर देने के लिए 2 क्षेत्रीय दलों का गठजोड़, 45 सीटों पर है असर

Hindi News National Assam Election 2021 News, Triangular Contest Update; BJP UPPL Alliance Vs Congress AIUDF Mahagathbandhan Ads से है परेशान? बिना Ads खबरों के लिए इनस्टॉल करें दैनिक भास्कर ऐप गुवाहाटीएक मिनट पहले कॉपी लिंक भाजपा AJP और UPPL के साथ मिलकर लड़ेगी कांग्रेस ने 4 दलों के साथ बनाया है महागठबंधन डॉयचे वेले से. असम में इस साल अप्रैल-मई में विधानसभा चुनाव होने हैं। इस बार राज्य में…

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Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti to launch political party for fighting Assam polls, Akhil Gogoi to be CM candidate

Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti to launch political party for fighting Assam polls, Akhil Gogoi to be CM candidate

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Guwahati: The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) on Saturday announced that it will launch a political party to fight the Assam elections in 2021, and its jailed leader Akhil Gogoi will be the chief ministerial candidate.

Addressing a press conference here, the KMSS leadership said the proposed party’s name will be announced by Gogoi once he is released from jail.

“We have prepared…

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BJP ally in Assam snap ties, joins 'Mahagathbandhan'

BJP ally in Assam snap ties, joins ‘Mahagathbandhan’

Image Source : PTI BJP ally in Assam snap ties, joins ‘Mahagathbandhan’ Just a month ahead of the Assam Assembly polls, in a significant political development on Saturday, ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) estranged ally Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) has announced to snap ties with the party and has joined Congress led grand alliance to fight the assembly polls. BPF President Hagrama…