* Protests broke out on Sunday after contested election * Internet, social media blocked since then * One protester says hasn’t read the news in two days * Group pushes for strike action via Telegram messenger By Andrei Makhovsky and Tom Balmforth MINSK/MOSCOW, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Protest groups in […]
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Internet Blackout in Belarus Leaves Protesters in the Dark | World News
By Andrei Makhovsky and Tom Balmforth MINSK/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Protest groups in Belarus are trying to use limited access to the Telegram messaging service to coordinate anti-government action, but say an internet shutdown they blame on the authorities has been effective in slowing them down. Mobile phone internet has been […]