Regional shutdown
Assam
Assam State authorities ordered mobile Internet services to be suspended across all 35 districts on 29 September 2024, between 8:30 and 16:30 (local time) to avoid malpractice during government recruitment examinations.
- Total Duration 8 hours
India
- Population
- 1,450,935,791
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free
Local impact
These orders are stricter than those given two weeks prior for similar exams in the state, where only 28 of 35 districts were affected for 3.5 hours As we have repeatedly written about here on Pulse, Internet shutdowns cause great harm to a countryβs economy and society and are in our opinion not the appropriate mechanism to cope with potential exam cheating
Related documentation
#ALERT π΅In view of ADR Exam across the State tomorrow (Sep 29) in two shifts & to maintain sanctity of the exam process, ππ¨ππ’π₯π ππ§πππ«π§ππ π¬ππ«π―π’πππ¬ π°π’π₯π₯ ππ π©π«π¨π‘π’ππ’πππ π’π§ ππ‘π ππ§ππ’π«π πππππ ππ«π¨π¦ π.ππππ ππ¨ π.ππππ pic.twitter.com/5qGhGs8zcWβ Chief Minister Assam (@CMOfficeAssam) September 28, 2024
Other supporting information
Itβs difficult to measure the effect of local/regional Internet shutdowns as most measurements are done at a country level. Learn more
Social media
Assam govt have lost trust in its people and the institutions holding exams that it has to shut down internet.β Ram Wangkheirakpam (@leipak) September 29, 2024
#assam #adre Mobile internet service to be restricted again for ADRE exam tomorrow!!!Why all the people of assam be denied to access the internet service for the sake of an exam?Is the government so insecure about its ability to conduct a free and fair exam?Ooops!!!! pic.twitter.com/NGags2kmj1β Parwayz Alam π (@parwayz) September 28, 2024