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Socio-economic cost of internet shutdowns is rising

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US-based digital rights watchdog Access Now recorded more internet shutdown events in 2023 than ever before. US-based non-profit Internet Society Pulse suggests that this trend…

Internet firms lack sway over internet shutdowns

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INT: Internet firms lack sway over internet shutdowns

Internet shutdowns return to pre-pandemic trends

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INT: Internet shutdowns return to pre-pandemic trends

Internet shutdowns fuel digital authoritarianism

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Internet shutdowns are returning to pre-pandemic levels across all major developing regions

Internet shutdowns raise risks across Global South

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Governments across the developing world are regularly shutting down online communication to restore political control

Global South tightens social media grip amid protests

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Civil society actors routinely use social media to spread content that fuels anti-government sentiment, to organise demonstrations and to document and amplify protest actions…

Decline in media freedom imperils democracy

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Media and internet freedoms are declining in major democracies

Global internet governance faces strain not severance

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Since the internet’s inception as a military and research tool through to its development as a global platform for communication, commerce and collaboration, its governance has…

Democratic backsliding creates new risks

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At the vanguard of the latter is China, where under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, Beijing has intensified repression on the mainland and diluted political freedoms in…

NATO will consolidate collective cyber defence

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However, the alliance has struggled both to define the precise role it should play in cybersecurity and to execute effective cyber operations, given differences between the 30…