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Network shutdowns in the news again

Posted on March 22, 2016  /  0 Comments

10-07-2015Election_DRCThis time it’s on account of elections in Congo.

For an overview of the phenomenon, see CDT’s map and timeline.

We first wrote about this problem in 2006. Then it was worked up into Gyanendra’s Law and its various exceptions.

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