Why Is Internet In India A Common Casualty Of Violence?
India, 1 Feb 2021 12:37 PM GMT
Editor : Shubhendu Deshmukh |
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As the tractor parade by protesting farmers in Delhi turned violent, the government ordered internet shutdown in areas close to the protest sites. Internet shutdown has become very common in India over the past few years.
The Logical Indian's Anukriti Ganesh explains why India, the world's largest democracy shuts down the internet as a response to violence and does it help.