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Ethiopia Blocks Internet 'to Stop Exam Cheats' by Drinokrane: 6:47pm On Jun 01, 2017 |
Internet access across Ethiopia has been blocked to prevent national exam papers leaking online, a government spokesman has claimed. "The shutdown is aimed at preventing a repeat of leaks that occurred last year," Mohammed Seid at the Office for Government Communications Affairs, told the Reuters news agency. In 2016, the country banned access to social media sites after university entrance exams were posted online. But some have queried this explanation. "We are being proactive," Mr Seid added, referring to exams that are due to finish on 8 June. "We want our students to concentrate and be free of the psychological pressure and distractions that this brings." Mr Seid is reported to have said that only social media sites had been blocked, but sources in Ethiopia told the BBC that there was widespread internet disruption, affecting both mobile networks and fixed line internet services. A state of emergency has been in effect in Ethiopia since October, following anti-government protests. Mobile internet access has been disabled on other occasions recently, including a period of a few weeks last year. On Thursday, the BBC was unable to access websites belonging to the Ethiopian government and the sole communications provider, Ethio Telecom. Preliminary data from Google suggested that there had indeed been a big drop in Ethiopian internet traffic to Google services since Wednesday afternoon. Mynd44 Lalasticlala Seun |
Re: Ethiopia Blocks Internet 'to Stop Exam Cheats' by Drinokrane: 6:47pm On Jun 01, 2017 |
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Re: Ethiopia Blocks Internet 'to Stop Exam Cheats' by Teebouye995(m): 7:01pm On Jun 01, 2017 |
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Re: Ethiopia Blocks Internet 'to Stop Exam Cheats' by holywahala19(m): 8:09pm On Jun 01, 2017 |
good for them. if na naija,na text books them go carry write the exams instead and u no go fe catch them. I'm very rich my people o. Trafford, UK. Bentley. |
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