The New York Times: India Adopts the Tactic of Authoritarians: Shutting Down the Internet

[Harish Prasanna]

Sighhh.. My friends in India claim that the internet shutdown is good as it prevents fake news and propaganda from spreading. Especially with a toxic whatapp sharing culture in India, naive ones will believe and add more fuel to the fire. Texting/SMS is also shutdown. The govt., imposed a 2 day shutdown ending on Monday. But the ban is still not lifted. And it is just month 6 of the newly re-elected government. Sighhh..

> On Dec 18, 2019, at 1:31 PM, Punk-Stasi 2.0 <punks at tfwno.gf> wrote:
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> On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 10:00:40 +0000 (UTC)
> jim bell <jdb10987 at yahoo.com <mailto:jdb10987 at yahoo.com>> wrote:
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>> The New York Times: India Adopts the Tactic of Authoritarians: Shutting Down the Internet.
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> 	LMAO at that sort of idiotic, americunt, fascist, bullshit propaganda.
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> 	No, shutting down the internet is what any sane actor would do in self-defense agaisnt the americunts.
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>> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/world/asia/india-internet-modi-protests.html <https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/world/asia/india-internet-modi-protests.html>
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