People shout slogans and hold up placards during a protest against violence in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur on July 21 in Bengaluru, India. Abhishek Chinnappa—Getty Images For nearly three ...

Even as it became official on Tuesday afternoon that Elon Musk-owned SpaceX was bringing Starlink's high-speed internet services to India via a partnership with Bharti Airtel, the satellite internet ...

Human Rights Watch interviewed more than 70 people, including those directly affected by internet shutdowns in several locations. This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 13 June 2023.

A man searches for internet on top of a hill in Singngat village, in the Indian state of Manipur, during an ongoing shutdown. A man searches for internet on top of a hill in Singngat village, in the ...

The same corridor that carries oil tankers also hosts a dense network of undersea fibre optic cables that are crucial for India’s international internet connectivity.

Every year, multiple digital rights watchdogs meticulously document the frequency and scale of internet shutdowns occurring globally. One such organization, the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC.in), ...

India’s arbitrary internet shutdowns disproportionately hurt communities living with poverty that depend on the government’s social protection measures for food and livelihoods. In the age of “Digital ...