Here Come the Internet Blackouts

During other research, I came across this article.

Here Come the Internet Blackouts
[link to www.newamerica.org (secure)]

we’ll likely see a rise in internet blackouts in 2019, for two reasons: countries deliberately “turning off” the internet within their borders, and hackers disrupting segments of the internet with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

By compromising Internet of Things (IoT) devices en masse and turning them into a “botnet” army, hackers can completely overwhelm segments of the internet.

So, whether national or regional, caused by governments or hackers, internet blackouts are likely going to increase in frequency over the coming months—and their harms will take many forms.

The article also lists instances of governments turning off the internet during times of unrest.
See here also, Thread: Zimbabwe: Total shutdown of Internet, soldiers are shooting people, dragging people out of homes.. Zimbabwe, which was not included in the lists.

Article courtesy of a group called "New America", formerly known as The New America Foundation. A highly progressive think tank, who boasts as one Board Emeriti Jonathan Soros.
[link to www.newamerica.org (secure)]

Strange timing, if you ask me. Considering everything going on, and what could be coming in the next couple months. For added reference, see "internet outages" in the GLP search bar.