NetBlocks

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The Internet's Observatory: Tracking cybersecurity and digital governance • connectivity and democracy • tools and policy for change • [email protected]
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NetBlocks1d ago
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a major disruption to internet connectivity in Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
The shutdown comes ahead of protests as authorities use anti-terrorism powers to ban the Joint Awami Action Committee and is likely to limit coverage of events.
NetBlocksMay 28
🗓️ Three months ago today #Iran shut off access to the global internet. While connectivity has now largely returned, metrics indicate that users still face heavy filtering, similar to the interim period between the January protests and the start of the war.
NetBlocksMay 27
ℹ️ #Iran's internet connectivity has now been in a state of restoration for 24 hours. Service remains heavily filtered, with new restrictions on messaging and app stores compared to pre-January. Calls for a free and open internet transcend political divisions and should be heard.
NetBlocksMay 26

🫶 Welcome back #Iran! Metrics show a further rise in connectivity as mobile networks and other segments are reconnected to the global internet:

• Filternet remains in place but can be worked around
• WhatsApp now restricted, requiring circumvention
• Some users still offline

NetBlocksMay 26
📈 Confirmed: Live metrics show a partial restoration to internet connectivity in #Iran on day 88, after 2093 hours of near-total isolation from international networks, the longest nationwide internet shutdown in modern history. It is unclear if the restoration will be sustained.
NetBlocksMay 26
⚠️ Internet connectivity remains cut in #Iran with the digital blackout now having entered its 88th day, surpassing 2088 hours of isolation from the outside world. Metrics confirm the shutdown currently remains in effect despite the president's order yesterday to restore access.
NetBlocksMay 25
⌛️ It's now the 87th consecutive day of #Iran's internet blackout which has been in place for over 2064 hours. The measure has eliminated any transparency around executions, adding to the inhumane conditions and daily uncertainty faced by jailed critics, dissidents and tourists.
NetBlocksMay 24
🎒 Internet connectivity has just been cut across #Iraq except the north for the second time in a week, with ~2 hour shutdowns applied as part of a longstanding policy to limit cheating and leaks during school exams. The measure is disruptive and anachronistic in the digital age.
NetBlocksMay 24

⬇️ #Iran's internet blackout is now in its 86th day as the population remains in digital darkness after 2040 hours.

While access to the global internet remains largely cut during peace talks, select whitelisted users project a synthetic view of Iranian life to the outside world.

NetBlocksMay 23

🗓️ Network data show #Iran's internet blackout is entering its 13th week after surpassing 2016 hours of digital isolation from the outside world.

Daily life for most Iranians is now shaped by the loss of opportunities and access to information others can reach in seconds.