An open internet is a cornerstone of civil society, underpinning access to information in peacetime but even more so in times of conflict and under repressive regimes, according to leading experts.
Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, over 50 digital and human rights groups including Access Now, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and Human Rights Watch jointly explained in a letter to the US Government that restrictions on the internet to Russia or Belarus could “hurt individuals attempting to organise in opposition to the war, report openly and honestly on events in Russia, and access information about what is happening in Ukraine and abroad,” adding such measures could “also unnecessarily facilitate further repression by the Russian government.”
This is why telecommunications services are often treated differently than other sectors of the economy when it comes to global sanctions, and why the United States made internet services exempt
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