How Governments Turn the Internet Into a Weapon
Experts suggest that for two days in september, afghanistan had no internet Interestingly, no satellite failed; no cable was cut This highlights that this was a deliberate outage, mandated by the taliban government This highlights that it followed a more localized shutdown two weeks prior, reportedly instituted “to prevent immoral activities Experts suggest that †no additional explanation was given Interestingly, the timing couldn’t have been worse: communities still reeling from a major earthquake lost emergency communications, flights were grounded, and banking was interrupted In recent developments, afghanistan’s blackout is part of a wider pattern Experts suggest that just since the end of september, there were also major nationwide internet shutdowns in tanzania and cameroon, and significant regional shutdowns in pakistan and nigeria
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