Internet shutdowns around the world

Click by BBC

Feb 14, 202335:09Technology

Within hours of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake across Turkey and northern Syria, the internet in Turkey was partially shutdown. And it wasn’t just because of damage to network infrastructure from the quake itself, but Twit...

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