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NEW | 2025 was a record year for internet shutdowns — 313 times. Authorities imposed shutdowns to control information and restrict access. The #KeepItOn coalition spent last year documenting shutdowns across the world. These are the findings ⬇️ 🧵

When an internet shutdown happens, it is not just switching off the internet, it is pulling the plug on people’s incomes, choking small businesses, silencing a nation in real time and reezing an entire digital ecosystem. Uganda’s 2026 shutdown did not just disrupt, it inflicted economic harm, deepened inequality, and denied citizens their right to speak, work, and access information. Read the full report here:tinyurl.com/3k4cwa5c #KeepItOn #InternetFreedoomAfrica @EnabelinUganda

VPN services and independent media podcasts are disappearing from app stores in Russia. Apple’s compliance = state pressure, restrictions, and coercion. meduza.io/cards/rossiyan…

Meanwhile, VPNs, the last lifeline to a free internet, are under attack, blocked, criminalized, and penalized. techradar.com/vpn/vpn-servic…

Russia is hosting a national Internet Governance Forum (IGF), promoting its model of “digital development.” But does it really live up to that? Not even close. Behind this rhetoric is control, censorship, and isolation. Here’s why it sets a dangerous global precedent 🔽

بعد ثلاث سنوات من اعتماده، يثير المرسوم عدد 54 تساؤلات جدية حول أثره على حرية التعبير والحق في الخصوصية في تونس. في هذه الورقة، نشرح المخاطر القانونية والسياسية لهذا النص 🔽 accessnow.org/publication/th…

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India, Asia-Pacific, and the Surge of Internet Shutdowns In 2025: 10 Key Takeaways Ritvi Jain✍️ thewire.in/rights/india-a…

Direct-to-Cell (D2C) has the technical power to be the solution to today's internet shutdowns. Digital rights groups, Access Now and WITNESS, are now calling on software developers and lawmakers to ensure this happens. techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privac…

.@accessnow and the #KeepItOn coalition’s new report: Rising repression meets global resistance: Internet shutdowns in 2025 is live! 2025 saw a record-high 313 shutdowns across 52 countries. At the same time, the resistance + people power was loud! 📣 ▶️accessnow.org/internet-shutd…

📄 When repression meets resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025 A record broken, but not the kind we should ever celebrate. In 2025, internet shutdowns hit an all-time high with governments increasingly pulling the plug to silence voices and hide human rights violations and killings. The latest report by @accessnow, alongside the #KeepItOn coalition, “Rising repression meets global resistance: Internet shutdowns in 2025,” lays it bare. Read the full report: t.co/x6Z2RF3YNZ #KeepItOn #InternetShutdowns #DigitalRights

The fight is growing. So is the response. Many international organizations and diplomatic bodies pushed back against shutdowns in 2025. And we won't rest until all actors stop deliberately disrupting networks. Read the full report ▶️ accessnow.org/internet-shutd…

Communities are fighting back! In Tanzania, thousands were shot in the streets under cover of a complete internet blackout. It was not enough to silence resistance.

NEW | 2025 was a record year for internet shutdowns — 313 times. Authorities imposed shutdowns to control information and restrict access. The #KeepItOn coalition spent last year documenting shutdowns across the world. These are the findings ⬇️ 🧵

As conflicts escalate, so does digital propaganda for war. In this session, @zaghdoudist explores how to build a coordinated, human rights-based response, and whether a framework inspired by the “Rabat Plan of Action” can guide policy and accountability. events.ringcentral.com/events/pdaf-20…

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