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Internet shutdown in India 2024
December 31 , 2024
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- India saw the fewest number of mobile internet shutdowns in eight years in 2024.
- There have been 60 shutdowns so far this year as against 96 last year.
- The most internet shutdowns -132 happened in 2020, following the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution.
- In 2017, the law was amended and the Government promulgated the Temporary Suspension of Telecom Services (Public Emergency or Public Safety) Rule 2017.
- The States and Union Territories can impose an internet shutdown only in case of a “public emergency” or in the interest of “public safety”, according to the Indian Telegraph Act.
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