Pakistan temporarily suspends mobile phone services on election day. 📵
Netblocks said it also detected internet blackouts in multiple regions across the country and that the disruptions follow “months of digital censorship targeting the political opposition.”
Instigating internet blackouts may well be a new government tactic to infringe on citizens' right to information, suppress dissent, and manipulate election results.
https://time.com/6692687/pakistan-election-day-voting-violence-phone-service-disturbances/
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