The Maldives Government Issued Arrest Warrants for Bloggers on Twitter

Long before Cameroon or Ethiopia cut off their citizens from the internet, a small south Asian country was pioneering the practice. Back in 2004, then-President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom shut down internet access in the wake of protests against his government. The incident was a mere blip in the news, occurring just a few years after the country gained access to begin with. Since then, the island country, which has fewer than 400,000 residents, has had a contentious relationship with the online world.
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