Regional shutdown
Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
In Meerut, the internet services will be unavailable till noon today, unless further orders are issued. Meerut District Magistrate Anil Dhingra told ANI that internet services have been suspended in the district from 12 pm of December 15 to 12 pm of December 16 in view of law and order maintenance. In Aligarh, Internet was suspended from 15th December, 10PM to 16th December 10PM
- Total Duration 2 days, 5 hours
India
- Population
- 1,450,935,791
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free
Local impact
In Meerut, the internet services will be unavailable till noon today, unless further orders are issued. Meerut District Magistrate Anil Dhingra told ANI that internet services have been suspended in the district from 12 pm of December 15 to 12 pm of December 16 in view of law and order maintenance. In Aligarh, Internet was suspended from 15th December, 10PM to 16th December 10PM
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India saw the highest number of internet shutdowns last year. BJP govt is using a communication blockade to silence the protests across the country. But the citizens of this country have a loud message for them: We will not be defeated by fear & hatred. #BJPBurningBharat pic.twitter.com/FFuK2s2c7c — Congress (@INCIndia) December 16, 2019
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Social media
Internet services suspended in UP's Meerut till Monday afternoon. https://t.co/v7xOFB7J8w#CitizenshipAct #AMUProtests #AligarhMuslimUniversity pic.twitter.com/LXNuEokWzK — NDTV (@ndtv) December 16, 2019