Parts of India are facing\u00a0extended government-ordered internet blackouts<\/strong>\u00a0as the Indian farmers protest movement has grown.\u00a0The farmers\u00a0allege<\/a>\u00a0Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s farming law, which ends the government’s programs to keep commodity prices at fixed levels, therefore allowing free markets to dictate prices, favors large corporations over smaller mom and pop farmers.<\/p>\n “Internet access remained blocked Monday in several districts of a state bordering India’s capital following violent weekend clashes between police and farmers protesting controversial agricultural reforms,”\u00a0CNN reports<\/a>\u00a0at the start of a fresh week of clashes.<\/p>\n “Online access would be suspended in at least 14 of 22 districts in Haryana state near New Delhi, until 5 p.m. Monday, according to the Department of Information and Public Relations of Haryana on Sunday,” CNN continues.<\/p>\n The communications blackout which is intended to slow the unrest and ability of farmers to organize has been extended since it was put in place in a handful of districts last week.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/farmersprotest.jpg?itok=pEX3rkQ1\")