With the internet outages in Belarus (Europe), we see just what can happen when an over-dependence on centralized internet and a select few major companies meets national censorship, and what
In early August, Belarus—sometimes called Europe’s last dictatorship—went almost entirely offline for 72 hours. On Wednesday, Aug. 26, for approximately one hour, Belarus shut down key parts of the capital’s internet once again; allegedly, the order had come directly from official state bodies.The earlier outage disrupted communication across the protesting nation, but a slow trickle...
