CHENNAI: India imposed the most Internet global shutdowns in 2022, a new one relationship by the digital rights defense company Log in now Shows. Of the 187 internet outages Access Now recorded globally during the year, 84 occurred in India, including 49 in Kashmir.
India also topped the list as the country with the most internet outages by the state for the fifth consecutive year. Even setting India’s data aside, 2022 emerged as the year with the most total closures globally.
“Authorities have shut down internet access at least 49 times in Jammu and Kashmir due to political instability and violence, including a string of 16 consecutive three-day curfew-style shutdown orders in January and February 2022,” it notes the report. .
Since New York-based Access Now began documenting arrests in 2016, India has accounted for about 58 percent of all documented arrests in its arrest tracking database. “The responsibility of Indian states for most of the global shutdowns is impossible to ignore and is a profound problem in itself,” the report said.
In 2022, authorities in 35 countries shut down the internet, the most in a single year, according to Access Now. After India the main culprit was Russia which shut down the internet at least 22 times in Ukraine. Ethiopia has dragged out more than two years of closure in Tigray and the junta has disconnected people in Myanmar at least seven times.
A report by the United Nations Human Rights Office in May 2022 found that internet outages have economic impacts and lead to the disruption of financial transactions, trade, labor markets and the digital provision of services. “Furthermore, closures create an uncertain investment climate, which can prove disastrous for companies and especially start-up ecosystems,” the report added.
The top reasons for internet outages, recorded by Access Now, included high profile events such as public rallies, conflicts/protests, school exams and elections.
India also topped the list as the country with the most internet outages by the state for the fifth consecutive year. Even setting India’s data aside, 2022 emerged as the year with the most total closures globally.
“Authorities have shut down internet access at least 49 times in Jammu and Kashmir due to political instability and violence, including a string of 16 consecutive three-day curfew-style shutdown orders in January and February 2022,” it notes the report. .
Since New York-based Access Now began documenting arrests in 2016, India has accounted for about 58 percent of all documented arrests in its arrest tracking database. “The responsibility of Indian states for most of the global shutdowns is impossible to ignore and is a profound problem in itself,” the report said.
In 2022, authorities in 35 countries shut down the internet, the most in a single year, according to Access Now. After India the main culprit was Russia which shut down the internet at least 22 times in Ukraine. Ethiopia has dragged out more than two years of closure in Tigray and the junta has disconnected people in Myanmar at least seven times.
A report by the United Nations Human Rights Office in May 2022 found that internet outages have economic impacts and lead to the disruption of financial transactions, trade, labor markets and the digital provision of services. “Furthermore, closures create an uncertain investment climate, which can prove disastrous for companies and especially start-up ecosystems,” the report added.
The top reasons for internet outages, recorded by Access Now, included high profile events such as public rallies, conflicts/protests, school exams and elections.
