Netizens decry internet shutdown

Kashmiri netizens logged in on social networking sites for first time in four days on Monday and immediately launched a scathing criticism of the state government for forcing a lengthy internet shutdown. The netizens dubbed the shutdown of internet services as a throwback to “stone age” and “dark ages” and criticised the state government for ordering the shutdown of internet services during Eid. “Welcome back from the dark ages,” Parvez Ahmad, a resident of Srinagar, posted on Facebook as Internet services were restored on Monday morning. The state government shut…

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