By John Lee.
Iraq, along with India, has the most government shutdowns of the internet.
According to a report from the Brookings Institution, Iraqi authorities shut down the country’s internet on 22 separate occasions between 1st July 2015 and 30th June 2016, at an estimated economic cost of $209 million.
Iraq was taken offline in an attempt to prevent cheating in national exams.
The full report can be downloaded here.
(Source: Brookings Institution)
(Picture credit: Tasnim, under Creative Commons licence)
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