[WSMDiscuss] Report: the repression of dissent through government-sponsored internet blackouts

[Brian]

Over the last six months, Rest of World has spoken to more than 70 technologists, activists, and journalists from across the globe to understand the growing threat to free expression: government-sponsored internet blackouts. The link to their report is pasted below (including, incidentally, the key role of the Canadian company Sandvine, an Ontario-based technology supplier of network management technology).

~ Brian

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> https://restofworld.org/2022/blackouts/ <https://restofworld.org/2022/blackouts/?utm_source=Rest+of+World+Newsletter&utm_campaign=82e795b3bb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_04_25_06_55&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b91e039431-82e795b3bb-446193702>
> In the dark
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> Seven years, 60 countries, 935 internet shutdowns: How authoritarian regimes found an off switch for dissent.
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> Peter Guest <https://restofworld.org/author/peter-guest/>| 26 April 2022 |   Rest of World

> https://restofworld.org/2022/blackouts/ <https://restofworld.org/2022/blackouts/?utm_source=Rest+of+World+Newsletter&utm_campaign=82e795b3bb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_04_25_06_55&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b91e039431-82e795b3bb-446193702>


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