New Study Delves Into the Internet Shutdowns of Bangladesh’s 2024 Uprising - Digitally Right
This news article from Digitally Right describes a new research report examining the internet shutdowns that occurred during Bangladesh's 2024 student-led uprising, specifically the 22-day blackout period from July 15 to August 5, 2024. The report, produced by Digitally Right Limited in collaboration with OONI, reconstructs a verified timeline of how the shutdowns were implemented across five distinct phases, linking network disruptions to political events, casualties, and chains of institutional responsibility. Main Topics Covered Scale and tactics: The shutdown was Bangladesh's longest ever, involving nationwide blackouts, bandwidth throttling, cache server deactivations, and social media/VPN blocking Correlation with violence: The most severe network disruptions coincided with spikes in protester deaths and human rights violations Institutional opacity: Shutdowns were carried out through informal directives (including via WhatsApp), with overlapping and unclear authority among multiple government bodies (BTRC, NTMC, DoT) ISP involvement: Internet service providers and mobile operators were used to enforce censorship, often under verbal orders Circumvention crackdown: Authorities actively blocked VPNs and other tools used to bypass restrictions
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Digitally Right. "New Study Delves Into the Internet Shutdowns of Bangladesh’s 2024 Uprising - Digitally Right." Digitally Right, 2024. July Archive. https://julyarchive.org/sources/new-study-delves-into-the-internet-shutdowns-of-bangladesh-s-c47771cb.
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