The Ayatollah Comes for the Internet
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/19/opinion/iran-internet-ban.html
The almost complete shutdown imposed over the weekend sets a new oppressive benchmark. Authoritarian governments have increasingly sought to use internet disruptions and blockades as weapons to crush dissent. Reports of internet shutdowns have recently come from Hong Kong, Iraq and Indian-controlled Kashmir, where access to the internet has been cut off for more than three months now. Now it’s Iran’s turn. Over the weekend, the government imposed a nationwide internet blackout to suppress (...)
