Today, internet and smartphone have become a necessity for every person. Internet is a part of the life of most people. Due to disruption in internet service, a person gets away from all the important work including banking, travel, online study. When internet is most important in human life today, do you know where internet has been banned the most in India? Today we will tell you through statistics in which state of India internet has been banned the most.
Internet
In today’s era, life cannot be imagined without smartphones and the Internet. In today’s era, everything is connected to the Internet. It is because of the Internet that a person sitting in a village can easily send a message to someone in another country today. Because of the Internet, the world is able to work together today. The Internet has made the life of a common man easy, due to which a person can do most of the work in just a few minutes. But do you know where in India the Internet has been banned the most due to security and other reasons.
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Internet ban
Let us tell you that there has been no reduction in violent incidents in Manipur so far. In such a situation, in the year 2023, internet facility was shut down in the state on 3 May, 25 July, 23 September, 26 September, 10 November, 19 November, 2 December, 18 December. Apart from this, internet facility has been disrupted on 16 February, 24 February and 10 September this year i.e. 2024. At the same time, the number of internet shutdowns in Jammu and Kashmir has come down from 49 in 2022 to 17 in 2023.
Most internet bans in India
According to the BBC report, the maximum number of internet shutdowns have been done in India as compared to other countries. India is at the top in terms of maximum internet disruptions in the year 2023. In the last five years, Indian authorities have banned the internet more than 500 times. At the same time, between May and December, about 32 lakh people in Manipur had to face internet problems for 212 days. Apart from this, the number of shutdowns lasting five days or more has increased from 15% in 2022 to 41% in 2023.
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How many times internet was banned in which country
Let us tell you that in 2023, the internet has been shut down 7 times in Pakistan, 16 times in Palestine, 34 times in Iran, 6 times in Iraq, 8 times in war-torn Ukraine and 37 times in Myanmar. Apart from this, the internet has been shut down 59 times in other countries of the world. The highest number of incidents of internet shutdown in 2023 have been seen in India.
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