In early August, Belarus — known as Europe’s last dictatorship — went almost entirely offline for 72 hours. On Wednesday August 26, for approximately one hour, Belarus shut down key parts of the capital’s internet once again; allegedly, the order had come directly from official state bodies.
As most of Gizmodo’s staff is from the US, our knowledge of Eurovision is very poor. But we do know that it’s a crime that Belarus was knocked out and didn’t get a chance in the grand final.