Regional shutdown
Bijnor, Bulandshahar, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Agra, Firozabad, Sambhal, Aligarh, Ghaziabad, Rampur, Sitapur and Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
The Uttar Pradesh government has placed the state on high alert and blacked out Internet connectivity in 21 districts over concerns of further protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act erupting after the Friday prayers.
- Total Duration 1 day
India
- Population
- 1,450,935,791
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free
Local impact
The Uttar Pradesh government has placed the state on high alert and blacked out Internet connectivity in 21 districts over concerns of further protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act erupting after the Friday prayers.
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यूपी के 21 ज़िलों में बंद रहा इंटरनेट... आम लोगों को कितनी मुश्किलें हुईं? वीडियो: दिलनवाज़ पाशा/मनीष जालुई pic.twitter.com/O9dR9mm64V— BBC News Hindi (@BBCHindi) December 27, 2019
Other supporting information
It’s difficult to measure the effect of local/regional Internet shutdowns as most measurements are done at a country level. Learn more.
Social media
Se recrudecen las protestan en India y bloquean acceso a internet. La policía reprimió las manifestaciones en Nueva Delhi y Uttar Pradesh, las cuales se derivan de la nueva ley para otorgar la nacionalidad india a personas no musulmanas.https://t.co/WgRqehOxei pic.twitter.com/d5tjUP0lfY
— Cursor en la Noticia (@cursorenla) December 27, 2019
Media coverage
Se recrudecen las protestan en India y bloquean acceso a internet. La policía reprimió las manifestaciones en Nueva Delhi y Uttar Pradesh, las cuales se derivan de la nueva ley para otorgar la nacionalidad india a personas no musulmanas.https://t.co/WgRqehOxei pic.twitter.com/d5tjUP0lfY
— Cursor en la Noticia (@cursorenla) December 27, 2019