Internet services have been suspended 166 times in India since 2020, despite access to the internet being an intrinsic part of the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression. Digital freedom experts Prasanth Sugathan and Tanmay Singh evaluate the legitimacy of internet shutdowns in India
India accounted for 70 percent of the total internet shutdowns across 29 countries in 2020, as per a report by Access Now. Photo: iStock
Internet services in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri were suspended for the second time last Friday. The suspension order followed tensions in the district after three cars, two of which were reportedly linked to Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra, rammed into a crowd of protesting farmers and killed eight people, including three farmers and a journalist, on October 3.
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