Internet Blackout 2024 Lok. As of the end of march 2024, pulse has recorded 22 intentional internet shutdown events, including seven ongoing events from 2023 and. On friday 19 july, 2024, the world woke up to what many have called the worst digital crisis of all time.

With rising internet penetration in india coupled with the availability of affordable data plans and smartphones [1] [2], social media has been a site of political mobilisation. Across the world, critical businesses and services including airlines, hospitals, train networks and tv stations, were disrupted on friday by a global tech outage.