Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, shuts down internet
Just from the past couple of months:<p>• Kashmir: <a href="https://netblocks.org/reports/pakistan-shuts-down-internet-in-kashmir-restricts-access-in-punjab-and-beyond-3Anw7dB2" rel="nofollow">https://netblocks.org/reports/pakistan-shuts-down-internet-i...</a><p>• Russia: <a href="https://netblocks.org/reports/evidence-of-internet-disruptions-in-russia-during-moscow-opposition-protests-XADErzBg" rel="nofollow">https://netblocks.org/reports/evidence-of-internet-disruptio...</a> 
• Bangladesh: <a href="https://www.economist.com/news/2019/09/04/bangladesh-bans-mobile-phones-for-1m-rohingya-refugees" rel="nofollow">https://www.economist.com/news/2019/09/04/bangladesh-bans-mo...</a><p>• Sudan: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/13/end-mass-protests-sudan-has-cut-off-internet-access-nationwide-heres-why/?noredirect=on" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/13/end-mass-...</a><p>• London: <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-tube-wifi-down-internet-not-working-underground-protest-extinction-rebellion-a8873681.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-tube-...</a><p>"Shutting down digital infrastructure in response to a peaceful protest is deeply authoritarian," said Griff Ferris, legal and policy officer at Big Brother Watch."<p>I've heard they did not shut down internet in Hong Kong as lots of mainland China is routed via Hong Kong...