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Summary List PlacementGovernment-imposed internet blackouts increased in length by 49% in 2020 compared to 2019, per research by digital security and rights nonprofit Top10VPN. According to Top10VPN's report, 93 major internet shutdowns took place in 21 countries around the world in 2020, including internet throttling — i.e. the only internet available was 2G — as well as social media shutdowns and full internet blackouts....

On June 21 2019, Myanmar imposed a total internet blackout on mobile internet in nine cities and townships in the states of Rakhine and Chin. The blackout remains in place for eight of those areas and is so severe that some villages in the vicinity are completely unaware of the coronavirus pandemic, according to advocacy group Human Rights Watch. Rakhine and Chin are conflict...