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Early this morning in Syria, the Internet was almost entirely down for four hours. It was the ninth such outage since 31 July 2016 — each one lasting from approximately 4am to 8am local time. And, according to sources inside Syria, the objective of these outages was to prevent cheating on national High School exams. The motivation for today’s national outage: a Chemistry final.
It is striking how far we have come since Egypt in 2011, when their country-wide outage was a huge international story. National Internet blackouts are so routine and banal that they are now becoming a common tactic to prevent cheating among youth. In fact, this latest round Continue reading
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