NetBlocksJan 18
ℹ️ Update: While ordinary internet connectivity in #Iran remains disrupted at hour 238, traffic data indicate a significant return to some online services including Google, suggesting that heavily filtered access has been enabled, corroborating user reports of partial restoration
Show threadNetBlocksJan 18
⚠️ Update: As of internet shutdown hour 240, traffic levels have fallen after a brief, heavily filtered restoration of select Google and messaging services in #Iran. During this time, some Iranians were able to give updates detailing the severity of the crisis on the ground.
Show threadNetBlocksJan 19
⚠️ Update: With the #Iran internet blackout now spanning its twelfth day, metrics show that national connectivity remains minimal. In recent days, the filternet has occasionally allowed messages through, suggesting that the regime is testing a more heavily filtered intranet.
Show threadNetBlocksJan 20
⚠️ Update: With #Iran's internet blackout now past hour 280, the nation of over 90 million remains cut off for another day leaving friends and family unable to check in with loved ones. Meanwhile, traffic on select platforms points to an emergent strategy of whitelisting.
Show threadNetBlocksJan 21

⏱️ Over 300 hours have passed since #Iran imposed a national internet blackout to hide atrocities. Meanwhile, the regime uses whitelisted networks and places op-eds to shape opinion abroad.

Attempts to obscure the truth will be documented in real time: The world is watching.

Show threadNetBlocksJan 22

🗓️ Two weeks ago today, #Iran was cut off from the world by an extremist regime as the people went out on the streets to call for change.

With the digital blackout silencing Iranians' voices, authorities perpetrated one of the deadliest crackdowns in modern history.

Show threadNetBlocksJan 22
⚠️ Update: #Iran has now been under a national internet blackout for two full weeks. At hour 336, connectivity levels continue to flatline with only a slight rise at the backbone supplying regime-whitelisted networks, while a few users are now able to tunnel to the outside world.
Show threadNetBlocks
⚠️ Update: #Iran remains in the midst of a national internet blackout in its third week at hour 348 with only a slight rise in overall connectivity and tunneled users. There are indications of an attempt to generate false traffic and manufacture narratives of a wider restoration.
Jan 23 at 4:44amWeb
Show threadRobert Logger 🇳🇱Jan 23
@netblocks Some internet has been restored. I can chat with users in Tehran on WhatsApp.
Show threadiprouteJan 23
@robertlogger @netblocks its not restored completely
Show threadRaizyJan 23
@iproute @robertlogger @netblocks Yes, because the Government didn't want any of it to be restored, this was an act of rebellion, I know exactly what happened in fact