“Internet shutdowns cost the global economy $8 billion last year, report says”
January 9, 2020
“More than 18,000 hours of internet shutdowns around the world caused by deliberate government action costmore than $8 billion in 2019, a new report estimates…
The report, which examines partial and total shutdowns across 122 countries, was published by the internet research firm Top10VPN and builds on work done by the internet freedom watchdog Netblocks and advocacy group The Internet Society…”
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/09/tech/internet-shutdowns-cost-intl-hnk/index.html