India leads world in internet restrictions, shutdowns resulted in loss of USD 2.8 billion in 2020: Report
India’s losses, however, more than doubled compared to 2019 with 1,655 hours of blackouts and 7,272 hours of bandwidth throttling observed here last year.
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NEW DELHI: India continued to lead the world in restricting internet access to its citizens with over 75 instances of internet shutdowns in 2020, according to the Global Cost of Internet Shutdowns report released by Top10VPN.
These shutdowns are estimated to have cost the country’s economy $2.8 billion last year, higher than any other nation in the world.