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A Human Right to the Internet Hasn’t Stopped Internet Shutdowns. It’s Time to Take it to Court
It is time to move on from the belief that a recognition of Internet access as a human right will result in a reduction of state-sanctioned Internet shutdowns
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How Isolated is the Russian Internet? Consequences of the war in Ukraine.
Digital sovereignty policies can adversely affect how the Internet works and our ability to make use of the Internet.
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Botswana is Back!
The country-code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) for Botswana, .bw, is once again secured with DNSSEC.
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Understanding the Sudden Drop in IPv6 Adoption in Iran
Nearly all of Iran's IPv6 address space vanished from the global routing table, dropping the country's IPv6 adoption rate from 15—20% to 2%.
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Reviewing Internet Resilience and Efficiency in Central Asia
Central Asia has quickly become an isolated road to nowhere and an equally important bastion to uphold the merits of an open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy Internet.
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Iraq to Shutdown Internet During 2024 Exam Period
Iraq plans to shutdown the Internet during upcoming exams.
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Iran is Losing More than USD $1M GDP Daily from Blocking Internet and VPN Services
Last Sunday marked the 600th day of ongoing mobile Internet outages and service-blocking events, resulting in more than USD $720 million in Gross Domestic Product losses and 10,000 jobs.
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Internet Remains on in Africa Despite New Cable Outages
Countries in the East and South of Africa are experiencing slower Internet connectivity due to two submarine cables — EASSy and Seacom — being cut during the weekend.
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Plan Now to Mitigate Submarine Cable Cut Risks
Economic disruption and impact following disruption to undersea Internet network infrastructure is becoming a priority for many national risk registers.
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Malawi Internet Community Seeks to Strengthen Country’s Internet Resilience
Malawi's Internet resilience indicators are similar to those of countries that are currently or have suffered from prolonged internal conflict.
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Stop Exam-related Internet Shutdowns in 2024
In 2023, exam-related shutdowns accounted for nearly half of all shutdowns Pulse tracked globally for the year.
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Bangladesh Coping With Submarine Cable Outage Thanks to Indian Terrestrial Cables, Local Content Caches
Bangladesh is experiencing slightly slower Internet connectivity to international hosted services due to an outage to one of the two submarine cables connecting the country.
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