Internet shutdownhuman rightsinternational lawfreedom of expressionInternet shutdowns are on the rise. In the past few years, an escalation of this blunt censoring practice has affected different regions of the world, particulaGiovanni De Gregorio...
GAPP: 15,000+ porn sites shut down in 2009 Nearly 5,400 seized for spreading online pornography [Zhejiang] A ring specializing in spreading porn content via over 100 WAP sites was busted. 38 were arrested. [Shanghai] 7 persons, who were profiting from lewd items on mobile WAP sites, ...
Researchers are studying a range of questions relating to the impact of social media in Africa, particularly in light of the rise of fake news, internet and social media shutdowns, and violence against activists posting critical content online. Other researchers, however, argue that some more ...
Internet Shutdown in Africa| The Slow Shutdown: Information and Internet Regulation in Tanzania From 2010 to 2018 and Impacts on Online Content Creators A slow shutdown differs from a technical shutdown in which a state authority blocks access to the Internet or platforms within its sovereign bou...
The Iranian government decided to shut down the internet and various social media platforms in an attempt to minimize the communication between the protesters. In 2022, 11 new internet restrictions were recorded in Iran. However, residents in the Indian region of Jammu and Kashmir saw the highest...
of the opposition or protesters. Elections have seen the biggest surges globally during the past year, especially in Africa, but even the prospect that some students could use the internet to cheat on school exams has been enough for the government of Algeria to justify an internet shutdown. ...
Also, websites which use pornography as part of their marketing strategy to gain a higher click-through rate will be forced to suspend operations for rectification or even ordered to shut down. Telecom operators, Web portals, advertisers and agencies that enable the transmission of pornographic info...
Ethiopia is among the least-connected countries in Africa, with only about 12 percent of people online, the International Telecommunications Union reported in 2015 Ethiopians were still unable to surf the web via mobile networks on Tuesday, despite government claims the nationwide internet shutdown, ...
Paramount shut down the MTV News division as part of a larger round of layoffs in May 2023… (5)TODAY’S BIRTHDAY. [Written by Cat Eldridge.] July 3, 1937—Tom Stoppard,87. I was delighted to discover that playwright Tom Stoppard has crafted far more genre than I thought, considering ...
As the internet continues to gain considerable power and agency around the world, many governments have moved to regulate it. And where regulation fails, some states resort to internet shutdowns or deliberate disruptions.