⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in western regions of #Ukraine, as authorities impose emergency power shutdowns amid deadly Russian missile and drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure 🔌

⚠️ Confirmed: A decline in internet connectivity has been registered in western and northern regions of #Finland; the incident comes as Storm Hannes brings down power and telecoms lines, leaving thousands of subscribers cut off 🔌

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show restrictions to social media and messaging platforms TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook in #Guinea, corroborating user reports; the incident comes as the country awaits the results of yesterday's general elections, the first since the 2021 coup 🗳️ #Guinée

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a disruption to internet connectivity in Odesa #Ukraine, after Russian Geran-2 drone attacks targeting energy, logistics and civil infrastructure 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a disruption to internet connectivity in Congo-Brazzaville; the loss of service is attributed to an international incident on the WACS subsea cable system per operator Congo Telecom 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a loss of internet connectivity in parts of #Caracas, Venezuela, corresponding to power cuts during the US military operation which landed strikes on the capital and captured and removed President Maduro from the country #3Ene

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a major decline in internet connectivity in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts of #Ukraine after a series of Russian drone attacks on energy targets; critical infrastructure is operating on backup power per the Ministry of Energy 🔌

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show the loss of connectivity on #Iran internet backbone provider TCI in the restive city of Kermanshah as protests spread across the nation in their 12th day; the incident comes amid rising casualties with indications of disruptions in multiple regions

⚠️ Update: Live network data show #Tehran and other parts of Iran are now entering a digital blackout, as connectivity falls on multiple providers; the new incident follows regional shutdowns, and is likely to severely limit coverage of events on the ground as protests spread 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show #Iran is now in the midst of a nationwide internet blackout; the incident follows a series of escalating digital censorship measures targeting protests across the country and hinders the public's right to communicate at a critical moment 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Telemetry indicate a major disruption to networks in Belgorod, western #Russia, after Ukraine targets the region's energy installations with missiles; initial analysis suggests one of the most effective infrastructure strikes by Ukraine since the start of the war

⚠️ Update: #Iran has now been offline for 12 hours with national connectivity flatlining at ~1% of ordinary levels, after authorities imposed a nationwide internet blackout in an attempt to suppress sweeping protests while covering up reports of regime brutality 📉

⚠️ Update: It has now been 24 hours since #Iran implemented a nationwide internet shutdown, with connectivity flatlining at 1% of ordinary levels. The ongoing digital blackout violates the fundamental rights and liberties of Iranians while masking regime violence ⏱

⚠️ Update: It's now 8:00 am in #Iran where the sun is rising after another night of protests met with repression; metrics show the nationwide internet blackout remains in place at 36 hours, severely limiting Iranians' ability to check on the safety of friends and loved ones 📵

⚠️ Update: #Iran has now been offline for 48 hours, as telemetry shows the nationwide internet blackout remains firmly in place.

Meanwhile, regime leaders have continued to post their version of events online while their kill-switch silences the voices of 90 million Iranians 😶

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⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout is now past the 60 hour mark as national connectivity levels continue to flatline around 1% of ordinary levels.

The censorship measure presents a direct threat to the safety and wellbeing of Iranians at a key moment for the country's future.

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet shutdown is entering its fourth day with connectivity to the outside world remaining at just 1% of ordinary levels; at 72 hours, diminished telecoms continue to impact the public's ability to access information and communicate with loved ones ⏱️

⚠️ Update: As #Iran wakes up to a new day, metrics show the national internet blackout is past the 84 hour mark.

Years of digital censorship research point to these workarounds:

📻 Shortwave/HAM radio
📶 Cell towers at borders
📡 Starlink terminals
🛰️ Direct-to-Cell satellite