India shuts down the internet far more than any other country.

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• Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I was curious about their methodology for counting “internet shutdowns”.

  I live in Ukraine and I have not experienced government run internet shutdowns since the full scale russian invasion. We do block russian resources (pretty easy to overcome via VPN), but that’s understandable as they spread genocidal propaganda.

  The internet does go down for some providers when there are longer brownouts, but that’s related to the russians targeting the energy infrastructure. To my knowledge even frontline towns (i.e. 10km to the front) still have internet if there is capability to provide it.

  So I looked into their dataset (direct google sheets link).

  And low and behold, this is what I found:

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  They do explicitly state that “Shutdowns were imposed by external parties in Palestine and Ukraine”, but it seems strange to include such cases considering this is different from the approach used in India.

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• Jaeger86@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Gotta maximize those scam centers uptime!

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  • altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    John from Microsoft Windows works there though!

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• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I don’t understand how they can keep it blocked for so long. After 3 days, I’d have a Pringles can my roof aimed at a friend/relative who wasn’t blocked…

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• tfowinder@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The situation can escalate quickly and there could be a lot of violent riots, given the history.

  I personally think these things are justified if you really know the on ground situation.

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  • bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The shutdowns are mostly in Jammu/Kashmir

    The majority of shutdowns in India have historically occurred in Jammu and Kashmir, a region at the center of a decades-long dispute between India, Pakistan, and China. In August 2019, it experienced 552 consecutive days of internet blackout, the world’s longest shutdown in history.

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    • tfowinder@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      As expected.

      The situation has really improved since last 2 years. Hopefully peace will come back to the valley.

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