<p>After protests erupt in November 2019, Iran successfully shut down the entire country's internet, as they continue to devise ways to limit freedoms and hide civil oppression. Learn more about this at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/19/opinion/iran-internet-ban.html | Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2020/country-chapters/iran#&nbsp;</p>

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