"In 2024 alone, authorities imposed 304 internet shutdowns across 54 countries - the highest number ever recorded. This reflects a growing trend of governments treating connectivity as a weapon."
"The landscape of regulation, blackouts, and degraded networks today shows how early experiments in censorship have hardened into a durable system of control."
"Egypt's 2011 internet shutdown marked a turning point, as it caught the world's attention and led to a sharp increase in shutdowns worldwide."
"Governments have developed and refined systems of control over time, responding to the use of social media during the Arab uprisings with increasingly sophisticated tactics."
Governments worldwide are increasingly weaponizing internet connectivity to control information and suppress dissent. In 2024, there were 304 internet shutdowns across 54 countries, the highest ever recorded. The trend began after the 2011 Arab uprisings, where initial social media use for protests led to sophisticated systems of control. Egypt's 2011 internet shutdown marked a turning point, prompting other nations to adopt similar tactics. What started as emergency measures have evolved into normalized infrastructures of control, reflecting a global pattern of censorship and disruption.
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