Context is super important while reporting such news.<p>"India, the World's Largest Democracy, Shuts Down the Internet " - False.<p>"India, the World's Largest Democracy, Shuts Down the Internet in the disputed Kashmir region between India and Pakistan " (they had it blocked for entire state of Jammu and Kashmir) where terror attacks are (were?) a norm, specially in Kashmir
We need to realise that the internet/social media shutdowns will now become normal to “control” populations and ensure people cannot mobilise or protest. Governments are putting in place the methods to avoid protest. The problem with this if you have a maniac in charge it’s going to be a helluva thing to get theM out. The only way around this is to develop tools and solutions. Otherwise democracy as we know it is dead.
I understand why this is flagged, but I wish it wasn't.<p>Regardless of the proposed merits of the shutdowns (I don't consider them valid), the concept of this is horrifying.
The article starts with:<p>"Update 27 January 2020: News reports state that India's government has restored Internet access to the Kashmir region"<p>RESTORED (albeit partially)
can anyone with any insight into indian governance comment on why this wouldn't somehow be a massive legal liability?<p>I realize states typically have full autonomy w/r/t 'fighting terror', but the economic implications for just about everything seem like this could result in all kinds of lawsuits and also wouldn't be tenable from the perspective of 'political capital'
India is developing due to $160 billion/year FDI + NRI remittance; And Modi regime destroyed the economy/credibility of India <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/TimDraper/status/1207674025616519173" rel="nofollow">https://mobile.twitter.com/TimDraper/status/1207674025616519...</a>
Uhm, maybe it's time we work harder to put communication infrastructure in the hands of corporations and other non-state non-nation transnational entities that are powerful enough so governments don't have much power over them? Maybe monopolies and tech giants could be a good thing you know... Under a few big "Unbrella Co."-s you could have a nice pseudo-anarchic libertarian global system.<p><i>Whatever happened with the idea of a future where corporations would be truly transnational and would have private armies and police forces and such and really dwarf governments in power? ...it sounded like a dystopia back then, but nowadays I'd really wish we'd be in that variant of the future instead of the current one!</i>