Amin Naeni, an expert on digital authoritarianism, tracks how Iran built the capability to shutdown the internet. Listen on The Conversation Weekly podcast.

On 18 January 2026, five days after the shutdown began, internet access was partially restored. While this provided relief to millions of Ugandans, the restoration was incomplete. Social media and ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians have been struggling for nearly two weeks with the longest, most comprehensive internet shutdown in the history of the Islamic Republic — one that has not ...

KAMPALA, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Ugandan authorities cut internet access and limited mobile services across the country on Tuesday, two days before an election in which President Yoweri Museveni will stand ...

Nationwide protests in Iran sparked by the Islamic Republic's ailing economy are putting new pressure on its theocracy as it has shut down the internet and telephone networks.Video above: President ...

Government imposes a blackout as the 81-year-old leader moves to secure a seventh term in Thursday's election Ugandan authorities shut down internet access nationwide on Tuesday, two days ahead of ...

Dara Conduit receives funding from the Australian Research Council. As citizens around the world prepared to welcome the new year, Iranians began taking to the streets to protest their country’s ...

The shutdown of the Internet by Iranian authorities to quell protests in the country has cost the country's economy dearly.

Ugandan authorities ordered an internet blackout on Tuesday, two days ahead of elections in which President Yoweri Museveni is seeking to extend his 40-year rule. The 81-year-old leader, who once said ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Iranians have been struggling for nearly two weeks with the longest, most comprehensive ...