The Great Indian Internet Shutdown Is the Troubling Future of Protest Control

As India experiences the longest-ever internet blockade for a democracy, more countries are pressing the internet kill switch to snub dissent

Puja Changoiwala
Jan 23 · 11 min read
Kashmiri journalists protest against the continuous internet blockade for the 100th day outside of the Kashmir press club.
Kashmiri journalists protest against the continuous internet blockade for the 100th day outside of the Kashmir press club.
Photo: Muzamil Mattoo/NurPhoto/Getty Images

WWhen the internet went dark in the northern Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir on August 4 last…

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