Internet shutdowns at record high in Africa as access 'weaponised'

Re:Internet shutdowns at record high in Africa as access 'we... by pc86 on Thursday March 13, 2025 @01:45PM (#43355632)

These things have been reported hundreds / thousands of time if you read enough news to get informed of them. That's the only reason you know about them. There's no reason for a random local news station in rural Oklahoma to cover the South Sudan's civil war or Libyan slave markets.

That war and slavery are bad doesn't make the curtailing of civil rights for millions of people suddenly a nothingburger.

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Re:Internet shutdowns at record high in Africa as access 'we... by technothrasher on Thursday March 13, 2025 @02:26PM (#43356000)

"That war and slavery are bad doesn't make the curtailing of civil rights for millions of people suddenly a nothingburger."

Also known as the fallacy of relative privation. This line of reasoning quickly leads to the conclusion that only bad thing worth caring about is the absolute worst thing happening.

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Re:Internet shutdowns at record high in Africa as access 'we... by oefrha on Thursday March 13, 2025 @08:53PM (#43358660)

> These things have been reported hundreds / thousands of time

Yet they’re still largely unknown. So the thought that reporting Internet interruptions in Africa => people all over planet earth will be talking about that in real life is just strange.

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