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RE: Uganda Communications Commission shutdown order
From: <adamv0025 () netconsultings com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:49:37 -0000
From: Sean Donelan Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 1:58 AM In 2016, U.N. Human Rights Council, resolution A/HRC/RES/32/13: "condemns unequivocally measures to intentionally prevent or disrupt access to or dissemination of information online in violation of international human
rights
law and calls on all States to refrain from and cease such measures". https://thehill.com/policy/technology/286236-un-rights-council-condemns- internet-blocking Netblocks.org tracks internet shutdowns in near-realtime. Access Now and Internet Society have been reporting on internet shutdowns for many years. Top10VPN.com annual report give a reputable summary of intentional government internet shutdowns around the world. https://www.top10vpn.com/cost-of-internet-shutdowns/ The Global Cost of Internet Shutdowns in 2020 93 major shutdowns took place in 21 countries in 2020 27,165 hours: total duration of major disruptions around the world, up 49% from the previous year. Internet blackouts: 10,693 hours Internet throttling: 10,920 hours Social media shutdowns: 5,552 hours
Hopefully starlink and other similar projects will help bring these numbers down a bit. But I think starlink has been already outlawed in some countries? adam
Current thread:
- Re: Uganda Communications Commission shutdown order, (continued)
- Re: Uganda Communications Commission shutdown order Andy Ringsmuth (Jan 13)
- Re: Uganda Communications Commission shutdown order Constantine A. Murenin (Jan 14)
- Re: Uganda Communications Commission shutdown order Mark Tinka (Jan 19)
- Re: Uganda Communications Commission shutdown order Andy Ringsmuth (Jan 13)
- Re: Uganda Communications Commission shutdown order Joly MacFie (Jan 14)
- Re: Uganda Communications Commission shutdown order Sean Donelan (Jan 18)
- Re: Uganda Communications Commission shutdown order Ben Cannon (Jan 18)
- Re: Uganda Communications Commission shutdown order surfer (Jan 18)
- Re: Uganda Communications Commission shutdown order Matthew Ford (Jan 19)
- Re: Uganda Communications Commission shutdown order Ramakrishna Padmanabhan (Jan 21)
- Re: Uganda Communications Commission shutdown order Sean Donelan (Jan 18)
- RE: Uganda Communications Commission shutdown order adamv0025 (Jan 19)
- Re: Uganda Communications Commission shutdown order Mark Tinka (Jan 19)
- Re: Uganda Communications Commission shutdown order Denys Fedoryshchenko (Jan 19)
- Re: Uganda Communications Commission shutdown order Mark Tinka (Jan 19)
- Re: Uganda Communications Commission shutdown order Sean Donelan (Jan 19)
- Re: Uganda Communications Commission shutdown order Mark Tinka (Jan 19)