Likhita Banerji

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Governments from Belarus to Kyrgyzstan to Zimbabwe have addressed recent protests with a common response: full or partial Internet shutdowns. Other countries — including Myanmar, Sudan, Venezuela, India and Ethiopia — have also recently limited or barred citizen access to the Internet.

Deliberately cutting off or slowing access to the Internet, in fact, has become increasingly common. In 2019, the #KeepItOn coalition recorded 213 incidents of Internet shutdowns across 33 countries.

Our recent work suggests that shutdowns pose three major challenges for protest movements. Here’s what you need to know.

Protest movements rely increasingly on the Internet

When access to the Internet is shut down, people mobilizing against the government find themselves cut off from essential coordination tools, such as messaging apps, alert systems and crowdsourced protest maps.…  Seguir leyendo »