India has recorded the highest number of internet shutdowns globally for the sixth consecutive year, according to a report by Access Now titled 'Shrinking Democracy, Growing Violence.' In 2023, India accounted for 116 of the 283 internet shutdowns worldwide, representing 41% of the total. The report highlights that the shutdowns in Manipur and Punjab significantly impacted millions of people. Since 2016, Access Now has documented 1,458 shutdowns globally, with India responsible for 773 of them, or 53%. Additionally, 2023 was the worst year for internet shutdowns globally.
Access Now: 2023 was the worst year for internet shutdowns since monitoring began in 2016, with 283 shutdowns across 39 countries, led by India at 116 (@astharajvanshi / TIME) https://t.co/2IsZi9czFN ๐ซ Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/2axSawbswh
Global number of Internet shutdowns, 2023: ๐ฎ๐ณ India: 116 ๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar: 37 ๐ฎ๐ท Iran: 34 ๐ต๐ธ Palestine: 16 ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine: 8 ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan: 7 ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq: 6 ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan: 5 ๐ช๐น Ethiopia: 4 ๐ธ๐ณ Senegal: 4 ๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh: 3 ๐ฏ๐ด Jordan: 3 ๐ฑ๐พ Libya: 3 ๐ท๐บ Russia: 3 According to Access Now
According to "Shrinking Democracy, Growing Violence," a report by the internet advocacy watchdog Access Now, India recorded 116 instances of internet shutdowns in 2023, representing 41% of the 283 cases worldwide. #India #InternetShutdown https://t.co/QcuaCvnzbm
India leads in global internet shutdowns for 6th year in a row: Report https://t.co/etSKEVkx4Z
2023 was the worst year for internet shutdowns globally, new report says https://t.co/K9GzprR7mo
India has documented the most internet shutdowns globally for six years in a row now. 116 of the 283 instances across the globe were from India, which accounts for nearly 41%. @accessnow report says 47 of them were in Manipur, and the impact was severe. https://t.co/YHCZXAKOFk
India witnessed the highest number of Internet shutdowns in the world in 2023, a record it has held for the sixth straight year, according to a report released. Shutdowns in Manipur and Punjab last year led to millions being cut off from the Internet. https://t.co/59kPW1XXnH
#Data | #India is ranked 159 out of the 180 nations considered in the 2024 edition of the press freedom index. While this is a marginal improvement from last year, Indiaโs performance in the recent past has been consistently poor. https://t.co/IkrZWHPn9Q
Of the 1,458 shutdowns Access Now has recorded globally since 2016, #India has accounted for 773 (53%) of them https://t.co/IHYluPtDY0