Social media is entirely off-limits and Internet service on mobile phones is running at the lowest possible speed. Last month, Internet services were suspended temporarily in more than two dozen cities — including the capital, New Delhi — as protests flared over a controversial new citizenship act. Initially, he was excited when he learned that Internet service would be restored. Earlier this month, India’s Supreme Court ordered the government to disclose the orders justifying the Internet shutdown, something it had resisted. Tanveer Ul Haq, 34, said he had been glued to his phone ever since the government announced it would resume Internet service.

Source: Washington Post January 27, 2020 08:29 UTC