Nearly half of known global Internet shutdowns happened in India alone, mostly Kashmir

Half of the world’s known Internet shutdown have happened in India alone, mostly in Kashmir region, a study has shown.

According to a study at the Stanford University (Of Blackouts and Bandhs: The Strategy and Structure of Disconnected Protest in India), India has witnessed 134 network shutdowns in 2018 alone and more than 100 in 2016-17, reported News 18. “Most of these blackouts happened in the volatile Kashmir region,” it said.

The study found that approximately half of the world’s known network shutdowns have happened in India alone, mostly in Kashmir. “A cursory look at the trajectory of shutdowns in India shows that the northern border states have acted as ‘innovators’ and shutdown contagion has advanced south with time,” read the research, according to the report.

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