Confirmed: Live network data show #Bangladesh is now in the midst of a near-total national internet shutdown; the new measure follows earlier efforts to throttle social media and restrict mobile data services, and comes amid reports of rising deaths at student protests
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Students at elite universities in Bangladesh are protesting over a new quota system limiting who can get cushy government jobs. This has led to violence between pro-quota and anti-quota groups.
Imagine that, protesting because you can't get a government job.
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Similar violence erupted in Sri Lanka between the Tamil and the Sinhalese
The Tamil minority were persecuted for making more money and better educated than the Sinhalese
Affirmative action and preferences can lead to violence and death
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Message from Bangladeshi colleague:
Yes, 40 students got killed in 18th, 27 on 19th. Some people are somehow managing to access the internet. I heard they shoot from the helicopter yesterday and 13 people died including a child which are not included in 27 deaths.
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Yes, there are definitely reports from Bangladesh about internet outages
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I had the same thought earlier. If everyone had to pay for their social media activity, how much time would it decrease by? Social media doesnt really help society in any way...
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Yes, there are definitely reports from Bangladesh about internet outage, more than 105 killed in protests!
The population in Bangladesh is so much that now the land is not enough for giving,' food even.
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