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Cutting the Internet and phone network is a weapon of control frequently used by authoritarian governments (Photo: Pexels)

Government internet shutdowns 'worst on record' in 2023

2023 was the worst year of internet shutdowns across the world on record, with governments deliberately interrupting the internet at least 283 times in 39 countries, according to research published on Wednesday (15 May).

The ‘Shrinking Democracy’ report by Access Now, an NGO, pointed to an escalation in ...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Cutting the Internet and phone network is a weapon of control frequently used by authoritarian governments (Photo: Pexels)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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