Internet Shutdowns

Stakes turn deadly as Iran’s government threatens the phone apps aiding protesters

Uzbekistan blacks out internet to quell dissent

Internet shutdowns gain popularity, and obscurity

Mariam Kiparoidze

Kazakhstan shut down its internet. These programmers opened a backdoor

In Cuba, a geriatric government switches off a wave of youthful infoactivism

Erica Hellerstein

Cuba darkens its internet during biggest protests in decades

Across Africa, internet blackouts loom over elections

Erica Hellerstein

Digital rights activists fear internet blackouts as voting kicks off in the Republic of the Congo

Erica Hellerstein

Myanmar military's internet shutdowns are destroying businesses

Myanmar prepares for military to ratchet up control of the internet