In Kashmir: The Indian government is reviving local militias in the Jammu part of the restive region, laying bare the limits of the country’s military approach there.Manhunt in Punjab: The Indian authorities restricted communications across the state as they continued to search for a Sikh separatist leader whose rapid rise in the public eye has stirred fears of violence.Winnowing Out Rivals: Officials disqualified Rahul Gandhi, the leader of India’s main opposition party, from his seat in Parliament, just a day after a court found him guilty of criminal defamation over a comment he made in 2019 criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In India, Latin America and Africa, its services are essentially the internet for many people - almost a public utility, usually cheaper than a phone call and depended upon for much of the communication and commerce of daily life.

In parts of the developing world, the cost of the Facebook outage was particularly acute. They are critical platforms for doing business, arranging medical care, conducting virtual classes, carrying out political campaigns, responding to emergencies and much, much more. Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger have long been more than just a way to chat and share photos. The Facebook outage on Monday was a planetary-scale demonstration of how essential the company’s services have become to daily life. Today was a big reminder: Technologies are tools, not solutions.”

“But that might not have been the case for hundreds of other hotlines around the world. “Because we have a field team, we were able to mitigate some of the more serious risks today’s outage presented,” said Alex Berryhill, the director of digital operations for the group, Cosas de Mujeres. And in Colombia, a nonprofit organization that uses WhatsApp to connect victims of gender-based violence to lifesaving services found its work impaired. In Turkey and Kenya, shopkeepers couldn’t sell their wares. In Mexico, politicians were cut off from their constituents. For more than five hours on Monday, the world got a taste of life without Facebook and its apps.

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