Access Now: 2023 was the worst year for internet shutdowns since monitoring began in 2016, with 283 shutdowns across 39 countries, led by India at 116
highlighting an alarming and dangerous trend for democracy + human rights. Read here: https://www.accessnow.org/... Alexia Skok / @alexiaskok : Internet shutdowns: - enable violence - protect attacker...
Research: supporters of a separatist movement in Punjab, India, are using Twitter bots to share content promoting violence before Twitter's safety team can act
Joseph Menn / Washington Post : Tweets: @jazzthejourno and @josephmenn Tweets: Jasveer Singh / @jazzthejourno : How is there an article about hundreds of twitter posts that does not include one examp...
After India's legal orders this week, Twitter blocked the tweets of 122 users, including reporters and politicians, from Indian users; it used to push back more
https://restofworld.org/... Lauren Weinstein / @lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org : Instead of pushing back as #Twitter used to do, Elon now bends over for India's requests to block accounts. - http...
India cuts mobile internet for a second day in Punjab, a state with ~27M people, as officials try to catch a Sikh separatist and curb “fake news” and unrest
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