On June 6, the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh suspended internet services in six districts following farmers’ protests for higher rates for their produce. On June 5, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Maharashtra state suspended mobile internet services in Nashik district for a few hours after protests by farmers turned violent. Recent internet shutdowns in India include: Security-related restrictions must be law-based and a necessary and proportionate response to a specific security concern. International human rights law protects the right of people to freely seek, receive, and provide information and ideas through all media, including the internet. “The lack of transparency and failure to explain these shutdowns only further the perception that they are meant to suppress nonviolent reporting and criticism of the government.” “Indian authorities’ concerns over the misuse of the internet and social media should not be the default option to prevent social unrest,” said Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director. The authorities have failed to follow legal procedures, undermined stated objectives of preventing rumors or panic, and ordered unnecessary shutdowns such as to prevent cheating in examinations. 
Shutdowns in response to campaigns on social media and mobile mass messaging applications spreading false and even incendiary information have frequently been disproportionate.
State governments have imposed 20 internet shutdowns so far in 2017, including by four states in June. Officials contend these shutdowns are needed to prevent violence fueled by rumors circulated on social media or mobile messaging applications. (New York) – Indian authorities should cease arbitrary restrictions of the country’s internet and telecommunications networks, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Indian authorities have shut down the internet 79 times since 2012, according to the Software Freedom Law Centre.
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