Digital civil rights group Access Now finds that government-ordered internet shutdowns were longer in 2021, and targeted mobile internet as well during protests.
MANILA, Philippines – Digital civil rights non-profit Access Now on Thursday, April 28, released their. The annual report is part of the group’s #KeepItOn campaign, which seeks to put an end to internet shutdowns that prevent people from accessing valuable information, especially at crucial times such as protests, rallies, elections, and conflict.
The 2021 study found five trends: prolonged shutdowns; more disruptions to mobile internet during protests; targeted blocking of communications platforms; combining the use of throttling, blocking, and network shutdowns; and shutdowns targeted to specific locations and populations. Protests are a target for shutdowns too, particularly mobile internet access. Eighteen governments were found to have cut mobile internet during protests in 2021 including Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Chad, Cuba, Eswatini, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Pakistan, Senegal, South Sudan, Sudan, Turkmenistan, and Uganda. There were 37 instances of this type of shutdown in 2021, more than doubling from 15 in the previous year.
Facebook is the biggest target, having been blocked 21 times in 17 countries in the past year, followed by WhatsApp and Twitter . “Throttling is the act of artificially restricting, but not stopping, the flow of data through a communications network. Throttling makes it appear as though internet access or a platform or service is available, but the level of interference is enough to render the service or resource effectively useless,” the study explained.
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