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From nation-wide shutdowns in Uganda and Gambia to targeted ones in Cameroon and India, restrictions and full blackouts of internet service have become a favorite tool of autocratic and repressive regimes. Shutdowns have wide-ranging effects on everything from political speech to commerce. Internet freedom activists and policy experts from the front </p><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"></div>lines of shutdown battles discussed their advocacy work, the trends they are seeing, and how internet shutdowns affect the daily lives of their fellow citizens. Speakers: <strong>Mishi Choudhary</strong>, President and Founding Director for Software Freedom Law Center, India; <strong>Arsene Tungali</strong>, Co-Founder & Executive Director of Rudi International, the Democratic Republic of the Congo; <strong>Carolina Botero</strong>, Director of Fundacion Karisma, Colombia. Moderator: <strong>Kat Duffy</strong>, VP of Global Technology Programs, Internews. 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