Past

Regional shutdown

Mobile Internet

Assam

Assam authorities ordered mobile Internet services to be suspended in the entire district of Baksa amid local unrest.

  • Total Duration 44 days

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Population
1,450,935,791

Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free

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Local impact

The Internet suspension does not state a specific start or end date. It notes that voice calls, fixed telephones, and broadband connectivity were to remain unaffected.

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Screenshot of shutdown order for Assam

Other supporting information

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