Human rights groups are up in arms over government plans to disable access to the Internet across the whole country so that children can take tests without being able to look up answers on Google.

Critics have said the move - now happening for the second year in a row - is disproportionate.

Doug Madory, director of Internet access at a company called Dyn, told The Atlantic: “Given all that is happening in Iraq (ISIS, massive corruption, impending summer heat, etc.), it is hard to believe cheating is worth disconnecting the country from the global Internet.

“It isn’t hyperbole to say that the government of Iraq faces multiple immediate existential threats—placement exams aren’t on that list, I would think.”