ISOC CEO Andrew Sullivan has been quite vocal on this topic, for example https://youtu.be/HlDa2jzdnnY, and we have a new tracking tool https://pulse.internetsociety.org/shutdowns ISOC Live posted: "Today, Tuesday March 9 2021, at 12pm EST (17:00 UTC) Aspen Digital hosts a webinar 'When the Web Goes Dark: State Control & the Internet'. Autocrats around the world are manipulating access to the internet as a means of state control, especially in th" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/aspenshutdowns>Today, *Tuesday March 9 2021*, at *12pm EST* (17:00 UTC) *Aspen Digital <https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/aspendigital/>* hosts a webinar '*When the Web Goes Dark: State Control & the Internet <https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/when-the-web-goes-dark-state-control-the-internet/>*'. Autocrats around the world are manipulating access to the internet as a means of state control, especially in the face of protests and dissent.

From Myanmar to Venezuela to Iran, we’ve seen a rise in blackouts cutting off critical channels of communication, an increasingly dangerous prospect in the middle of a pandemic. This public program will feature experts in human rights, technology, and cyber access to understand the implications of blocking freedom of information, and what can be done about it.

*SPEAKERS* *Felicia Anthonio*, Campaigner, Access Now *Shayna Bauchner*, Researcher, Asia Division, Human Rights Watch *Sophie Schmidt*, Founder & CEO, Rest of World *Adrian Shahbaz*, Director, Technology and Democracy, Freedom House *MODERATOR* *Vivian Schiller*, Executive Director, Aspen Digital. *L**LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/aspenshutdowns <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/aspenshutdowns>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/38kCqbe <https://bit.ly/38kCqbe>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/2OgrBAb <https://bit.ly/2OgrBAb>* *TWITTER* *#shutdowns @AspenDigital <https://bit.ly/3kXyXoh> @FelAnthonio @AccessNow Shayna Bauchner @hrw Sophie Schmidt @restofworld @adrianshahbaz @freedomhouse @vivian @AspenInstitute #KeepItOn* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/aspenshutdowns <https://archive.org/details/aspenshutdowns>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/13843/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -