Indian government to end 5-month Internet blackout in restive Kashmir

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India government to end 5-month Internet blackout in restive Kashmir

Mobile phone data access will also be restored, but limited to slower second-generation connections, the department added.

Since August freedom of movement in heavily-militarised Kashmir has been gradually restored as has cellphone coverage, but apart from at a handful of locations there has been no regular Internet access. Mr Modi's government said that the blackout was for security reasons, aimed at restricting the ability of armed militants - who it says are backed by arch-rival Pakistan - to communicate.

The court also stated that having access to the Internet"is integral to an individual's right to freedom of speech and expression".

 

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