{"id":253090,"date":"2023-07-22T21:13:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T15:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=253090"},"modified":"2023-08-31T11:14:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T05:44:39","slug":"an-internet-ban-will-not-restore-peace-in-manipur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/an-internet-ban-will-not-restore-peace-in-manipur\/","title":{"rendered":"An Internet ban will not restore peace in Manipur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> The post is based on the article \u201c<strong>An Internet ban will not restore peace in Manipur<\/strong>\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 22nd July 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus:<\/strong> GS 3- Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges,<\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Manipur government issued a blanket internet shutdown from May 3, 2023, to stop &#8220;disinformation and false rumors.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the critics for the internet shut down in Manipur? <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Vague Justification: <\/strong>The shutdown orders used general terms like &#8220;thwarting anti-national activities&#8221; without specifying what these activities were. This left many uncertain about the exact reasons for the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lack of Concrete Evidence: <\/strong>The government didn&#8217;t provide actual incidents or data showing harm from internet usage. For example, no details were given on how online platforms contributed to violence or misinformation in the state.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How has the judiciary responded?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A case, Aribam Dhananjoy Sharma vs State of Manipur, challenges the shutdown orders.<\/p>\n<p>The High Court of Manipur issued an order for partial restoration of the internet but clarity on the legal stance remains elusive.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court has so far avoided adjudicating on the shutdowns directly.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the implications of the internet shut down in Manipur?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Impact on Residents: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>About 2.2 million internet users were affected by the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Students in metropolitan cities ran out of money.<\/p>\n<p>People couldn&#8217;t apply for assistance or move to relief camps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Information Flow Disruption:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A blanket shutdown prevented news from Manipur reaching the broader Indian public.<\/p>\n<p>The nation remained unaware of issues in Manipur until a video clip of sexual violence went viral.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Misinformation and Consequences:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite the shutdown, misinformation spread.<\/p>\n<p>A press report connected misinformation to incidents of sexual violence against Kuki-Zo women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cAn Internet ban will not restore peace in Manipur\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 22nd July 2023. Syllabus: GS 3- Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, News: The Manipur government issued a blanket internet shutdown&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/an-internet-ban-will-not-restore-peace-in-manipur\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An Internet ban will not restore peace in Manipur<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,406,10498],"class_list":["post-253090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-internal-security","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}