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Dead Wrong: Do Internet Blackouts Save Lives?

In times of violence and chaos, governments around the world have decided that cutting off access to the internet would help save lives from coordinated riots and attacks. But that's Dead Wrong.

Johan Norberg — Oct 30, 2019

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    Johan Norberg is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He is the author of, "Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future."

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