The internet was snapped 283 times across 39 countries last year, an increase in 41 percent from 2022. And India holds the dubious honour of documenting the most shutdowns globally – an honour that the country has carried for six years now in a row – with 116 instances.
These are the findings of Shrinking Democracy, Growing Violence, a report by Access Now, an internet advocacy watchdog, and the #KeepItOn coalition. Such were the shutdowns in India that graphical representations of shutdowns were calculated separately for the country. Details on its methodology can be found here.
