The NetBlocks Cost of Shutdown Tool (COST) is a data-driven analytical service that estimates the economic impact of internet disruptions, including total blackouts, mobile data outages, and social media restrictions.
By integrating public economic indicators from the World Bank, ITU, and Eurostat with methodologies from the Brookings Institution and CIPESA, the platform generates financial loss projections based on geographic region, disruption type, and duration. It provides a quantitative framework for documenting how digital governance decisions affect national GDP and the broader digital economy.
Tip: calculating directly the value for any country, based on the service(s) that would be shut down is an interesting curiosity; seing the chosen methodology and economical hypothesis behind is even more.
