Shutdowns Everywhere You Go: Exposing MTN’s Role in Internet Shutdowns is an in-depth investigative report by Open Secrets that uncovers how South Africa’s corporate giant, MTN, and its subsidiaries are implicated in human rights violations in Africa and the Middle East. This report exposes MTN’s alleged complicity in executing internet shutdowns during wars and elections, and examines serious accusations of corruption, tax evasion, and enabling terror activities. With detailed case studies from Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan, Cameroon, Uganda, and Nigeria—and an additional analysis of Vodacom’s conduct in the Democratic Republic of Congo—#ShutdownsEverywhereYouGo lays bare the hidden business practices that have allowed these telecom giants to operate with impunity.