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Unlike the first shutdown the second intentional shutdown had a broader range of impact.The second intentional shutdown occurred in January 2015. The Congolese government directed telecommunication companies within the country to halt all its services. Not only was SMS affected, but the entire internet itself.
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): Afripa telecom, Airtel Congo, and Ofis computers. [citation needed] A growing proportion of the public, especially youth, are accessing the Internet more frequently and utilizing online social media. However, only the most affluent have Internet access in their own homes; others who accessed it use cybercafes. [2]
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -A major internet outage affected West and Central Africa on Thursday, the internet observatory Netblocks said, as operators of multiple subsea cables reported failures.
An Internet outage or Internet blackout or Internet shutdown is the complete or partial failure of the internet services. It can occur due to censorship , cyberattacks , disasters, [ 1 ] police or security services actions [ 2 ] or errors.
Led by India with 116 shutdowns, governments weaponized Internet access at an all-time high in 2023, a new report finds. Led by India with 116 shutdowns, governments weaponized Internet access at ...
On Jan. 5, authorities blocked internet access altogether. Kazakhstan is now the second largest generator of the cryptocurrency and its value fell as computing power suddenly went offline.
An Internet kill switch is a countermeasure concept of activating a single shut off mechanism for all Internet traffic.. The concept behind having a kill switch is based on creating a single point of control (i.e. a switch) for a single authority to control or shut down the Internet in order to protect it or its users.
The Internet in these countries was described at the time as being a relatively open and unconstrained space for free expression, but the countries also typically featured a repressive environment for traditional media and had recently considered or introduced legislation that would negatively affect Internet freedom. [98]