Iraq introduces nightly internet curfew

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Post by Ahmed90 » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 10:59 AM UTC

Iraq introduces nightly internet curfew
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Post by soulofmischief » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 11:29 AM UTC

This is the straw that would have me rioting in this streets.

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Post by redwood » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 11:32 AM UTC

Imagine the fertility impacts if this were happening in a low birth rate developed country!

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Post by ummwhat » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 11:34 AM UTC

soulofmischief wrote: post #2

This is the straw that would have me rioting in this streets.

Ironically, it sounds like the internet was cut because of rioting in the streets.

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Post by rvoje » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 11:36 AM UTC

soulofmischief wrote: post #2

This is the straw that would have me rioting in this streets.

This shutdown seems to be the consequence of rioting.

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Post by Juliate » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 11:36 AM UTC

What's the impact in Iraq for businesses (big and small) relying on the Internet?

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Post by m-p-3 » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 11:38 AM UTC

ummwhat wrote: post #4

soulofmischief wrote: post #2

This is the straw that would have me rioting in this streets.

Ironically, it sounds like the internet was cut because of rioting in the streets.

Looks like a vicious circle

Re: Iraq introduces nightly internet curfew

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Post by emptyfile » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 11:38 AM UTC

2019-10-09

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/iraq-protests-latest-...

>At least 110 people have been killed and more than 6,000 wounded in Baghdad and in the south, since security forces started cracking down on demonstrators.

And the whole world is "outraged" about HK. Here on this thread the other posters are making jokes.

If they killed every single person in the country no one would give a shit. Same way no one gives a shit about Yemen.

Re: Iraq introduces nightly internet curfew

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Post by Y_Y » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 11:40 AM UTC

Obviously this is wrong and tyrannical etc.

I can't help wondering though if this may have unexpected benefits for e.g.: sleep quality, civility in online discussions, exercise. It's hardly intended that way, but could end up being a net benefit for the well-being of citizens, particularly if it were implemented in a highly-developed country like the US.

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Post by Tenoke » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 11:42 AM UTC

Y_Y wrote: post #9

Obviously this is wrong and tyrannical etc. I can't help wondering though if this may have unexpected benefits for e.g.: sleep quality, civility in online discussions, exercise. It's hardly intended that way, but could end up being a net benefit for the well-being of citizens, particularly if it were implemented in a highly-developed country like the US.

Given that the curfew seems to be directly related to the large-scale protests where thousands are getting wounded and some killed, I wouldn't count on them having e.g. better sleep than before the curfew.