In 2016, the United Nations Human Rights Commission declared internet access a basic human right. Not surprisingly, India was among the 17 countries that strongly opposed this resolution. The country continues to be the largest violator of internet rights, executing at least 84 shutdowns in 2022. Internet shutdowns are the legal pause to internet services, which immediately impact the citizens in a particular location as almost all the day-to-day activities in the modern world are integrated into a digital world.
While some internet shutdowns are brief, for example, the state of Rajasthan in India has shut down the internet to prevent cheating in exams at a district level, some are longer. India had the longest internet shutdown after the bifurcation of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh due to the abrogation of Article 370. It lasted for 552 days.
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