system
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human
ELI5: Ethiopia has blocked mobile internet within the country. How are they able to block mobile internet specifically?

Is it by demanding the satellite owners stop providing access within the country?
gpt
By forcing all cellular providers to block their internet. Cellphones don't connect to their network through a satellite, they connect to a nearby cell tower which is connected to their service provider's network. The service provider's simply needs to block data communications, just like they can do if someone chose to disable their data plan.