Pakistan cuts off phone and internet services on election day

Post by standardUser » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 9:21 PM UTC

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This test seems to control your trajectory in Korean society to a very high degree, which seems like overkill in my view, because a test can only be so reflective of real-life skills. I have a family member who did very well on the test and got into Seoul National University, which is reputed to be the best university in Korea. According to them, their IQ is "only" 120-130, but they have very good memory, and are abl…

Standardized testing does not aim to be a perfect evaluation, it aims to be a good enough evaluation that can be made highly resistant to corruption/bribery relative to its qualitative alternatives.

Post by mprovost » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 9:25 PM UTC

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Some countries including my home country Poland impose a ban on political agitation on the election day. It means that no political content may be published on that day, but whatever has been published before that is allowed to stay. This is an old law which predates the Internet, so anything from social media posts to hanging up election posters is liable to be prosecuted and the authorities frequently do so. It's l…

We have similar restrictions in the UK. In the weeks before an election, government ministers and civil servants are not allowed to announce new policies or spending. On polling day, broadcast media cannot report on political matters or speculate about the outcome of the election. We also have extremely strict limits on campaign finance. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05... https://edition.…

Post by notpushkin » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 9:28 PM UTC

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Pakistan's neighbor, India, has also been shutting off the internet quite a bit. 84 times in 2022: - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/25/a-tool-of-poli... And Punjab had its internet severely restricted last March: - https://www.wired.com/story/india-activist-manhunt-sikh-acti... - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/21/punjab-interne... (I post this as someone who loves the subcontinent.)

Read the article and comment is misleading. It happened in very very few cities and for times when riots were being incited. On other hand, Pakistan is all country internet washout and that multiple days in same week. Number is more than 100 in 365 days.

Post by ken47 » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 9:35 PM UTC

jdewerd wrote: post #89

ken47 wrote: post #80

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This test seems to control your trajectory in Korean society to a very high degree, which seems like overkill in my view, because a test can only be so reflective of real-life skills. I have a family member who did very well on the test and got into Seoul National University, which is reputed to be the best university in Korea. According to them, their IQ is "only" 120-130, but they have very good memory, and are abl…

Standardized testing does not aim to be a perfect evaluation, it aims to be a good enough evaluation that can be made highly resistant to corruption/bribery relative to its qualitative alternatives.

Post by user_7832 » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 9:36 PM UTC

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> just in Kashmir where India cuts off all internet as a means of control over the population Just for perspective, the government would likely claim that there have been multiple violent/deadly attacks over years/decades, often against the Indian army. I am not going to comment on anything as to who is right or wrong beyond this because I barely know enough about the whole situation. All I know is that it is too com…