Millions Face Mobile Internet Outages in Moscow. 'Digital Crackdown' Feared

13 million people live in Moscow, reports CNN. But since early March the city "has experienced internet and mobile service outages on a level previously unseen." (Though Wi-Fi access to the internet is still available) Russian social media "is flooded with jokes and memes about sending letters by carrier pigeons or using smartphones as ping-pong paddles" [Moscow residents] complain they cannot navigate around the center or use their favorite mobile apps. The interruptions appear ...