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Eight governments in Asia imposed 55 internet shutdowns in 2023 with a majority of them recorded in Iran and India, according to an analysis by virtual private network provider Surfshark, published on Thursday. India imposed 11 internet restrictions throughout 2023, of which eight were in relation to anti-government protests, ...

Pakistan has suspended mobile phone services nationwide on election day, in a move a digital rights group said was “inherently undemocratic”. A statement from the Ministry of Interior on Thursday said “precious lives have been lost” in recent armed attacks and such “security measures are essential to maintain the ...

Khan was jailed on corruption charges and is barred from standing. He is serving at least 14 years in prison, having been sentenced in three separate cases in the space of five days last week. He still faces some 170 charges in different cases, his lawyers say. The PTI ...

JAMMU: A day after Parliament granted Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahari community, authorities on Wednesday imposed strict restrictions on internet and gatherings in the twin frontier districts of Poonch and Rajouri. Curbs were also put in place in Jammu district on posting and sharing content ...

Some of the recent cybercrime cases were detected by following the trail of money laundered through several bank accounts. | Photo Credit: A fake investment scheme cracked in October 2023, involving a network of 84 bank accounts with transactions worth over ₹850 crore, and a work-from-home scam unearthed last ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that orders reviewing whether or not the internet should be suspended in a particular region are not meant to be “kept in cupboard”, giving two weeks to the Jammu & Kashmir administration to take instructions on making them public. The Supreme Court was ...

The Supreme Court questioned the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir about the non-publication of review committee orders regarding Internet shutdowns in the region. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir about the non-publication of review committee ...

islamabad —  Pakistan's opposition party of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan accused authorities of disrupting social media and internet services Saturday night to undermine its "virtual" election rally for the second time in two weeks. Independent monitors reported that internet users across the nation of about 241 million ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's social media and internet services were severely throttled Saturday night, as the party of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan held a "virtual rally" ahead of elections in under three weeks.The outage of Facebook, X, Instagram and YouTube is the second in two weeks coinciding with online campaign ...

The Current19:58Worried you’re always glued to your phone? Listen to thisAs 2023 came to a close, New York Times technology reporter Kashmir Hill didn't want to upgrade to the latest smartphone. She wanted to go back in time, to the glory days of the flip phone.Hill's urge was driven ...