Internet shutdowns and elections handbook: a guide for election observers, embassies, activists, and journalists
Access Now; KeepItOn
(2021), 10 pp.
"This handbook explains how internet shutdowns undermine democractic elections and provides tips and recommendations for key actors to navigate shutdowns and understand and assess the extent to which an election taking place under a shutdown is free and fair. It is aimed at election observers, people on diplomatic missions, journalists, and human rights activists in particular." (Introduction)
Contents
1 The facts on internet shutdowns, 2
2 How internet shutdowns harm human rights, 2
3 Why internet shutdowns are a barrier to democratic elections, 3
4 How to navigate a shutdown: tips and recommendations, 5
5 Where to learn more, and how to take action, 8
Appendix: The language of internet shutdowns: a glossary of terms, 9
2 How internet shutdowns harm human rights, 2
3 Why internet shutdowns are a barrier to democratic elections, 3
4 How to navigate a shutdown: tips and recommendations, 5
5 Where to learn more, and how to take action, 8
Appendix: The language of internet shutdowns: a glossary of terms, 9
