# @restofworld on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc5trxmIkez
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/78899930-restofworld-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/b21c65307b.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-04-28T16:40:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rest of World (@restofworld) — https://gondola.cc/restofworld

## Caption

The internet isn’t just software. It’s a physical thing with its own geography: massive data centers; 1.3 million kilometers of fiber-optic undersea cables; cell towers and copper wiring. It’s often in these IRL manifestations that the internet is most vulnerable to accident or, increasingly, concerted attack. ⁠
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Internet blackouts — whether on purpose or accidental — are more common than you may realize. There have 935 internet shutdowns in more than 60 countries in the past decade.⁠
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The reason that internet blackouts are becoming more common is simple: they work. There are few more effective tactics for obliterating an opponent’s ability to communicate during moments of political tension.⁠
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Click the link in our bio to read the full story. Photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images.⁠
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#internet #internetshutdown #internetblackout #egypt

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egypt, internet, internetshutdown, internetblackout

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