Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet
Tripura
Tipura authorities ordered mobile Internet services to be suspended across the Kamalpur subdivision amid local unrest.
- Total Duration 1 day
India
- Population
- 1,450,935,791
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free
Local impact
District Magistrate of Dhalai, Vivek HB, was quoted by local news that prohibitory orders under Section 163 had been imposed across Kamalpur subdivision on the evening of Thursday, 23 October. This included suspending mobile Internet services for 24 hours to curb the spread of rumours and prevent mobilisation through social media.
Related documentation
No offical cause documentation has been made public as yet.
Other supporting information
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