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By shutting off internet access completely, the government of Kazakhstan was able to silence dissent, hinder protesters’ coordination and keep the populace in the dark.
As the protests escalate, Modi’s grip on India’s internet communications remains as tight as ever.
Research shows that governments, more often than not, shut down the internet to hide gross violations of human rights.
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Reader in the Theory and Politics of Development, SOAS, University of London
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Professor, Centre for Human Rights in the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria
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Taylor Reveley Research Professor and Professor of Law, Director, Digital Democracy Lab, William & Mary
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Lecturer, University of York
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Associate Professor, Global Development, University of East Anglia
