Tag: Report
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Dialling in the Law: A comparative assessment of jurisprudence on internet shutdowns
This APC report “Dialling in the Law” outlines jurisprudence across the Global South on the legality of internet shutdowns. It tackles the growing challenge of government-mandated disruptions of internet access around the world, often under the guise of safeguarding public order and upholding national security interests.
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Navigating Litigation During Internet Shutdowns in Southern Africa
This resource offers insight and recommendations for navigating litigation during internet shutdowns in Southern Africa. It includes a number of infographics and other guides aimed at introducing best practices and strategies for beginning litigation.
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Security v Access: The Impact of Mobile Network Shutdowns, Case Study Telenor Pakistan
This report by Bytes for All, the Institute for Human Rights and Business, and the Internet Policy Observatory provides a case study outlining how research can be done in collaboration with an internet service provider (Telenor Pakistan) to better understand how an internet shutdown order is sent to ISPs and the role that companies can play in advocating for more transparency and document shutdown impact.
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Policy Recommendations: Internet Freedom
This analysis by Freedom House offers recommendations for policymakers, private sector, and civil society actors on protecting and promoting internet freedom. This is a useful starting point to understanding how to promote best practices with key stakeholders.
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Effects of network disruptions on health service delivery among private practicing physicians in Bulawayo Metropolitan Province, Zimbabwe
This report, developed by Prince Madziwa with support from OPTIMA, outlines the impact of Internet shutdowns and disruptions on the health delivery system in Zimbabwe. His study is based off of interviews with patients and private practicing physicians who increasingly rely on telehealth structures.
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The Impact of Internet Shutdowns on Women in Uganda
This report, funded by OPTIMA and developed by Sandra Aceng, investigates the impact of the 2021 Ugandan shutdown on Women.
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Lessons Learned: Advocacy, Strategy, and Internet Shutdowns in Cameroon
This report, developed by OPTIMA in collaboration with Florence Madenga at the University of Pennsylvania as well as AfroLeadership, explores advocacy strategies before, during, and after the 2017-2018 internet shutdowns in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon, and seeks to identify lessons learned and best practices for future advocacy.
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Life Interrupted: Centering the Social Impacts of Network Disruptions in Advocacy in Africa
This report, developed by OPTIMA in collaboration with Florence Madenga at the University of Pennsylvania as well as AfroLeadership, explores advocacy strategies before, during, and after the 2017-2018 internet shutdowns in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon, and seeks to identify lessons learned and best practices for future advocacy.
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Disconnected: A Human Rights-Based Approach to Network Disruptions
This GNI-supported report takes a deeper dive into the impact of shutdowns on human rights. Based on the findings, it also includes recommendations for CSOs, activists, academics, companies, and others working to discourage governments from resorting to shutdowns.
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Of Sieges and Shutdowns
The Bachchao project (in India) conducted useful research investigating the impact of shutdowns on women.