Scott Carpenter

Scott Carpenter Contributor Share on X Scott Carpenter is Jigsaw’s director of Policy and International Engagement. Prior to Google, Carpenter served as the Keston Family Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and as the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of Democracy and Human Rights.

Scott Carpenter is Jigsaw’s director of Policy and International Engagement. Prior to Google, Carpenter served as the Keston Family Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and as the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of Democracy and Human Rights.

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Internet shutdowns are a political weapon. It’s time to disarm.

Authoritarian governments from 21 countries have deliberately shut down internet service at least 50 times this year, and the problem is only bound to get worse.