economic cost of government internet shutdowns
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Cost of Government Internet Shutdowns
Source: Brookings Institute
National governments who shut down all or part of the internet cost their economies more than $2.4 billion over the past year.
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Cost of Internet Shutdowns July 2015-June 2016 in $M
South Asia
India $968M
Pakistan $70MBangladesh $69M
$1,107M
Middle East
Saudi Arabia $465M
Iraq $210M
Syria (ISIS areas) $48MTurkey $35M
$768M
Rest of World
Morocco $320M
Brazil $116M
Republic of Congo $73M
Other $48M
$557MOther $10M Total =
$2,431M