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joly posted: "Earlier today, Thursday March 2 2017, Internews presented Internet Shutdowns and the Silencing of Dissent at Google in Washington DC. From nation-wide shutdowns in Uganda and Gambia to targeted ones in Cameroon and India, restrictions and full blackouts o" </span>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.internews.org" target="_blank"><img border="0" class="m_13414079770276411size-full" src="https://www.internews.org/sites/all/themes/internews/logo.png" alt="Internews" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:12px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;background-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc"></a>Earlier today, <strong>Thursday March 2 2017</strong>, <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.internews.org" target="_blank">Internews</a></strong> presented <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/internet-shutdowns-and-the-silencing-of-dissent-tickets-32090640971" target="_blank">Internet Shutdowns and the Silencing of Dissent</a></strong> at Google in Washington DC. From nation-wide shutdowns in Uganda and Gambia to targeted ones in Cameroon and India, restrictions and full blackouts of internet service have become a favorite tool of autocratic and repressive regimes. Shutdowns have wide-ranging effects on everything from political speech to commerce. Internet freedom activists and policy experts from the front </p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"></div>lines of shutdown battles discussed their advocacy work, the trends they are seeing, and how internet shutdowns affect the daily lives of their fellow citizens. Speakers: <strong>Mishi Choudhary</strong>, President and Founding Director for Software Freedom Law Center, India; <strong>Arsene Tungali</strong>, Co-Founder & Executive Director of Rudi International, the Democratic Republic of the Congo; <strong>Carolina Botero</strong>, Director of Fundacion Karisma, Colombia. Moderator: <strong>Kat Duffy</strong>, VP of Global Technology Programs, Internews. Video is below.<p></p>
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<strong>Twitter</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/internetshutdowns?f=tweets" target="_blank">#internetshutdowns</a></p></div>
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