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Grindr bans came hand in hand with a global wave of intolerance against the LGBTQ+ community.
Worse still, this worrying wave of blockage isn’t giving any signs to stop, either.
Felicia Anthonio,#KeepItOnManager at Access Now, believes this dire situation could even worsen throughout the year.
Overall, Access Now describes 2023 as the “worst year of internet shutdowns ever recorded.”
Alongside widespread fixed and mobile connectivity blackouts, 53 platform blocks were enforced across 25 countries throughout the year.
That’s a considerable rise from the 39 blocks that occurred across 29 nations the year before.
In 2023, India was again the biggest perpetrator of service-based blocking orders worldwide.
These orders rose from two censored apps in 2022 to 14 platforms last year.
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