We are starting to understand the social and economic impact of internet shutdowns, which were estimated to have had a global GDP cost of US$ 2.4 billion in 2016. Español
A week before Christmas, without hearing any news of it, Ethiopians guessed that anti-government protests must have been violently put down by security forces somewhere in the country.
How could they guess? It was the tell-tale sign: none of them could get access their social media accounts. Again.
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