On the evening of the 4 August, Junaid Bhat sends a message to his employer informing that if they find him off the grid, they should check the website of Greater Kashmir, the largest circulating newspaper in Kashmir, for updates about emerging situation in Kashmir. Bhat is a web developer and works from his home in Lal Bazar, a locality at the edge of Srinagar’s old town, for a US-based tech company. At around midnight, the Indian government imposed an internet blackout across the state of Jammu and Kashmir, and Bhat lost touch with the outside world including his employer. Greater Kashmir updated its website last at around 1:20 am on August 5th. The website shared the news headline: “Omar Mehbooba Lone placed under house arrest, restrictions imposed in Srinagar, mobile internet suspended.” Since then the website has not been updated as all forms of telecommunication services including mobile, broadband…

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