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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show that Facebook CDN servers are currently disrupted on multiple networks in #Jordan. The incident comes as King Abdullah II approves measures to formally detain former Crown Prince Hamzah and impacts internet users' ability to stream content online 📉
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⚠️ Confirmed: A late-spring snowstorm has disrupted power and internet service in various cities in #Colorado, Unites States; incident ongoing ❄️📉
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ℹ️ A damaging 'derecho' storm has knocked out power and internet service in various cities in #Ontario and #Quebec, Canada, on Saturday with casualties reported; incident ongoing 🌀
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ℹ️ A damaging 'derecho' storm has knocked out power and internet service in various cities in #Ontario and #Quebec, Canada, on Saturday with casualties reported; incident ongoing 🌀
ℹ️ Update: A state of emergency has been declared in #Uxbridge, Ontario, after a severe storm brought down power lines and trees across the town; real-time network data show connectivity at just 16% of ordinary levels as power outages continue to impact telecommunications 📉
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⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show internet disruptions across #Pakistan as ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan organizes mass rallies; metrics show impact to multiple providers in cities including Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad 📉#LongMarch

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-pakistan-as-ousted-pms-mass-rally-takes-to-streets-xAGKoxAz
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ℹ️ Confirmed: Network data show a disruption to internet connectivity across #Iran with high impact to fixed-line services; backbone gateway provider TIC reports overnight maintenance work in progress at its central datacenters
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⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a significant fall in connectivity due to power outages amid hostilities in Donbas, eastern #Ukraine; Kramatorsk is now reconnected via backup power per the mayor, while other cities remain cut off.

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K
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⚠️ Confirmed: Internet connectivity has been disrupted across occupied #Kherson in southern Ukraine; the incident affects multiple internet service providers and comes as Ukraine launches a counter-offensive against Russian occupation.

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K
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⚠️ Confirmed: Internet connectivity has been disrupted across occupied #Kherson in southern Ukraine; the incident affects multiple internet service providers and comes as Ukraine launches a counter-offensive against Russian occupation. 📰 Background: http…
⚠️ Update: Metrics indicate that internet connectivity on provider Skynet (Khersontelecom) in Russian-occupied Kherson, south Ukraine, has been partially restored and once again rerouted via Russia's Rostelecom and Miranda in Crimea instead of Ukrainian infrastructure.

See also, traceroute metrics showing that Ukraine's internet provider Skynet (Khersontelecom) is now connected via Russia's Miranda and Rostelecom instead of Ukranian infrastructure.

In the last incident on 2 May, the ISP drew criticism for switching to occupiers' infrastructure.
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ℹ️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show disruptions to internet connectivity in multiple countries, with high impact observed in parts of Asia and Africa; the outages are consistent with a disruption to international transits; incident ongoing 📉
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ℹ️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show disruptions to internet connectivity in multiple countries, with high impact observed in parts of Asia and Africa; the outages are consistent with a disruption to international transits; incident ongoing 📉
ℹ️ Update: Metrics show ongoing disruption to internet connectivity in multiple countries, with high impact to Africa, Asia and Oceania; the incident is being attributed to outages affecting the AAE1 and SMW5 submarine cable networks per reports 📉
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⚠️ Confirmed: #Sudan has disrupted mobile internet service after a decision to disconnect subscribers during national exams; the measure, understood to target exam cheats, comes despite court rulings holding internet connectivity in Sudan to be a human right; duration ~3 hours 📉
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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a fall in connectivity due to power cuts amid hostilities in the free Donetsk region, eastern #Ukraine; Russian shelling has damaged power lines leading to the shutdown of Ukrenergo substations per authorities

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K
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⚠️ Confirmed: #Sudan has disrupted mobile internet service after a decision to disconnect subscribers during national exams; the measure, understood to target exam cheats, comes despite court rulings holding internet connectivity in Sudan to be a human right;…
ℹ️ Update: #Sudan has disrupted mobile internet for a second day amid national school exams; the measure is understood to target exam cheating, but continues to have a significant and disproportionate impact on the ordinary lives of citizens; incident duration ~3 hours 📉
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ℹ️ Confirmed: #Algeria has started intermittently restricting various social media, messaging apps and Google Translate in an apparent bid to counter cheating in baccalaureate school exams; network data show high impact on state-run operator Algeria Telecom (AS36947) #Bac2022
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ℹ️ Confirmed: #Sudan has disrupted mobile internet access for a third day, as authorities limit communications at scale in an attempt to prevent cheating in national school exams; incident duration ~3 hours 📉
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ℹ️ Confirmed: Network data corroborate reports of a disruption to internet access in parts of British Columbia, #Canada, 7 June.

The incident is attributed to the activity of a single beaver, which gnawed through a tree that then fell on fiber cabling 🦫

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/single-beaver-caused-mass-internet-cell-service-outages-in-northern-b-c-1.5944697
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