The year they came for the internet

So there we have it. Pakistan has topped the world in terms of financial losses suffered as a result of outages and shutdowns of internet and social media apps in 2024, according to Top10VPN.com, an independent VPN reviewer. It’s not like this wasn’t expected — well, for everyone, except the people actually making the decisions, it seems.

In fact, the people in power would simply shrug at these staggering figures. “People should use internet less and for important matters only,” the parliamentary secretary for cabinet division...