[agentgt]

Well I don't know for sure hence the question.

I mean I'm used to the United States where almost anything the government does the government has an answer for it (albeit probably not good answers). I guess in large part the free press sort of forces this.

So are you saying the government doesn't issue an official stance and that they just do it?

[PakG1]

Yes. There are various sensitive times when foreign Internet services become particularly unusable. No explanation is provided for these times, and everyone basically knows what's going on. Most recent example: https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/25/whatsapp-blocked-in-china/