We're seeing a spike in bandwidth usage on our Unredacted Door services as people from Iran are coming back online.

These services consist of proxies and bridges that help people bypass Internet censorship.

You can see many of our stats live https://grafana.unredacted.net/dashboards/f/bexmp7092bwn4b/public

#Iran #InternetShutdown #InternetFreedom

Netblocks estimates the cost of #internetshutdown in #iran to be $37 million per day.
(This estimation is based on known instances of pre-existing platform filtering and censorship as of 2019-11-20)
https://netblocks.org/cost/

Based on what many people says, lots of employees lost their jobs and companies went bankrupt.
https://offlineiran.com/

This year's theme of the World Telecommunication & Information Society Day calls for strengthening digital lifelines for a resilient and connected world.

But can we truly build a resilient and connected world while internet shutdowns remain unchecked?

Read our detailed assessment of the legality of internet shutdown orders in India under the Telecom Act here: https://ddn.sflc.in/blog/assessing-legality-of-internet-shutdown-orders-in-india-under-the-telecom-act/

Report internet shutdowns here: https://internetshutdowns.in/

#KeepItOn #internetshutdown #DigitalLifelines #WTISD

「アラブの春」を振り返って――デジタルの希望、現実の権力

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://p2ptk.org/digital-rights/5613

BGP routing data tells the story: #Iran's #internet footprint has visibly shrunk between the January protests shutdown and today's ongoing blackout — now the longest nationwide internet shutdown ever recorded.

The infrastructure is being dismantled in plain sight. #IranInternetStatus #InternetShutdown #Iranwar #keepiton