Maintenance in progress

russia's internet is being reduced in fragments rather than switched off: mobile service was disrupted in the inner centre of moscow including the state duma, new blocks landed on telegram, and human rights groups link the blackouts to testing of a 'whitelist' system limiting users to approved sites. separately, uganda cut internet and restricted mobile service two days before an election in which the president sought a seventh term. the russian method is notable because it is deliberately piecemeal and hard to measure, unlike the visible nationwide shutdowns seen elsewhere.

digital rights monitoring, eurasia and east africa