{"id":47926,"date":"2022-08-29T09:43:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T00:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/aug\/29\/how-to-shut-down-the-internet-and-how-to-fight-back"},"modified":"2022-08-29T09:43:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T00:43:30","slug":"how-to-shut-down-the-internet-and-how-to-fight-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=47926","title":{"rendered":"How to shut down the internet \u2013 and how to fight back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From total blackouts to targeted \u2018screwdriver-style\u2019 tactics, governments are adept at controlling who can access the internet. But resistance is growing<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/aug\/29\/flicking-the-kill-switch-governments-embrace-internet-shutdowns-as-a-form-of-control\">Governments embrace internet shutdowns as a form of control<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/aug\/29\/when-internet-shutdowns-spill-over-borders\">When shutdowns spill over borders<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Internet shutdowns come in different forms, ranging from the hammer of a complete blackout to screwdriver-style arrangements targeting certain populations. These are some methods <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/aug\/29\/flicking-the-kill-switch-governments-embrace-internet-shutdowns-as-a-form-of-control\">used by governments around the world<\/a> to switch off the internet.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/aug\/29\/how-to-shut-down-the-internet-and-how-to-fight-back\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From total blackouts to targeted \u2018screwdriver-style\u2019 tactics, governments are adept at controlling who can access the internet. But resistance is growingGovernments embrace internet shutdowns as a form of controlWhen shutdowns spill over bordersInterne&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3287,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,351,82,61,58,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-india","category-internet","category-myanmar","category-south-and-central-asia","category-technology","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3287"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47927,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47926\/revisions\/47927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}