By first throttling and then blocking access to social media sites and news outlets, Russia has caused the most expensive internet blockage of 2022. This is according to tech company Top 10 VPN. The service puts the economic cost at $21.6 billion in the country between the invasion of Ukraine in February and the end…
Month: March 2023
The countries shutting down the Internet the most
In many countries, the drastic step of shutting down the internet is employed in response to actual or potential unrest. Shutdowns generally occur when someone (usually a government) intentionally disrupts the internet or mobile apps. The measure has been widely criticized as too drastic a curbing of freedom of expression and an encroachment of peoples’…
Netflix is responsible for 15 per cent of global Internet traffic
A new report by Sandvine has revealed the web applications responsible for the world’s most downstream internet traffic. Underlining the popularity of streaming services, Netflix accounts for the most megabytes with 14.9 percent. YouTube isn’t too far behind with 11.4 percent. Further back but still with a significant share, Disney+ is responsible for 4.5 percent….