Death Of News In Kashmir – Jammu Kashmir

On the evening of August 4, 15 ebullient reporters and editors of a web portal in Srinagar were working furiously on keyboards of their computers, writing out stories that would reflect the uncertainty and concerns among local residents that had been witness to a massive month-long build-up of security forces.

Then suddenly, both broadband and mobile internet were shut. Reporters and editors were cut off from each other like the rest of the people. The result was that nothing could be published the next day amid the curfew and communications gag. The publication became another victim of an information black hole created by the state-imposed lockdown.

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