SurveillanceMedium
One region, half the world’s shutdowns: internet shutdowns in the Asia Pacific in 2025
- Occurred
- Mar 31, 2026
- Published
- Mar 31, 2026
- Source
- Access Now
Summary
Content note: the following post contains references to violence and torture. Not a single day of 2025 passed without at least one internet shutdown. Last year, people across the world The post One region, half the world’s shutdowns: internet shutdowns in the Asia Pacific in 2025 appeared first on Access Now.
Tags
- #KeepItOn
- internet shutdowns
Classification
Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Internet shutdowns are a form of mass monitoring and control, fitting surveillance category with medium severity due to reported violence and torture references.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8