MENA in 2023: internet shutdowns soar amid unprecedented violence and war

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Content note: The following post contains references to violence and war crimes.

By almost every measure, 2023 was the worst year of internet shutdowns on record. Authorities deliberately interrupted the internet at least 283 times in 39 countries concealing, enabling, and exacerbating violence, war crimes, attacks on democracy, and other atrocities, crushing the human rights of millions of people. 

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