June 13, 2023
India’s arbitrary internet shutdowns disproportionately hurt communities living with poverty that depend on the government’s social protection measures for food and livelihoods. In the age of “Digital India,” where the government has pushed to make internet fundamental to every aspect of life, the authorities instead use internet shutdowns as a default policing measure. The authorities should end the abusive practice of internet shutdowns, which carries grave costs for both the country’s reputation and its people.
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