⚠️ Confirmed: #HurricaneFiona has made landfall with the Dominican Republic, with strong winds and rainfall knocking out power for many residents over the course of the day; real-time network data show internet connectivity at 78% of ordinary levels 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Internet outages corresponding to power cuts have been registered across Turks and Caicos as Category 3 Hurricane #Fiona reaches the archipelago; authorities have declared a curfew for residents’ safety ⚡️

⚠️ Confirmed: Access to Instagram, one of the last available social media platforms in #Iran, has been restricted amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini; live metrics show frontends and CDNs now disrupted on multiple internet providers

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-protests-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-X8qVEwAD

⚠️ Confirmed: Messaging app #WhatsApp has been restricted in #Iran amid widening protests over the death of #MahsaAmini; metrics show WhatsApp servers now disrupted on multiple internet providers, hours after the restriction of Instagram

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-protests-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-X8qVEwAD

⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a nation-scale loss of connectivity on MCI (First Mobile), #Iran's leading mobile operator, and Rightel; the incidents come amid widespread protests over the death of #MahsaAmini 📵

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-protests-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-X8qVEwAD

⚠️ #Iran is now subject to the most severe internet restrictions since the November 2019 massacre.

▶️ Mobile networks largely shut down (MCI, Rightel, Irancell - partial)
▶️ Regional disruptions observed during protests
▶️ Instagram, WhatsApp restricted

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-protests-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-X8qVEwAD

⚠️ Confirmed: A new mobile internet disruption has been registered in #Iran; real-time network data show a second nation-scale loss of connectivity on Iran's leading cellular operator MCI (First Mobile) amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini 📵

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-protests-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-X8qVEwAD

ℹ️ Update: Live metrics corroborate reports of a restoration of mobile internet connectivity in #Iran, following a curfew-style pattern of disruptions amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini; Instagram and WhatsApp remain restricted

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-protests-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-X8qVEwAD

⚠️ Confirmed: Mobile internet has been disrupted in #Iran for a third time; live metrics show a nation-scale loss of connectivity on leading cellular operator MCI (First) amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-protests-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-X8qVEwAD

ℹ️ Note: YouTube is experiencing international outages with live streams impacted; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #YouTubeDown

⚠️ Confirmed: Widespread internet outages have been registered across #Bermuda corresponding to power cuts as #HurricaneFiona skirts the archipelago, with the storm now heading towards Canada ⚡

ℹ️ Update: Internet users in #Iran are coming back online after a third day of curfew-style cellular network disruptions amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini.

Meanwhile, Instagram, WhatsApp, and LinkedIn are now restricted nationally.

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-protests-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-X8qVEwAD

ℹ️ Update: #PuertoRico's internet connectivity continues to rise following an island-wide power blackout caused by #HurricaneFiona, however many users and networks remain offline; real-time metrics show connectivity now at 70% of ordinary levels 📈

⚠️ Confirmed: Internet access has been knocked out in #Canada's Atlantic provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and New Brunswick amid power cuts as post-tropical storm #Fiona makes landfall, in what the Canadian Hurricane Centre describes as "a historic, extreme event" 🌀📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show that #Skype is now restricted in #Iran, the latest in a series of measures also targeting the last accessible international platforms Instagram, WhatsApp and LinkedIn, amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-protests-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-X8qVEwAD

⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time metrics show a nation-scale disruption to Mobinnet, one of the largest network operators in #Iran, as widespread internet platform restrictions and rolling blackouts continue amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-protests-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-X8qVEwAD

⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show multiple regions of the #Philippines impacted by internet outages corresponding to power cuts after super typhoon #Noru makes landfall, triggering landslides, flash flooding and storm surges 📉 #KardingPH

⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show the loss of internet connectivity at #Amirkabir University in #Iran as students strike over the death of #MahsaAmini.

Meanwhile:

▶️ Daily mobile disruptions continue
▶️ Social media restrictions remain in place

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-protests-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-X8qVEwAD

ℹ️ Confirmed: App analytics data show that #Russia's VK / Mail·ru apps have been taken down from the Apple App Store internationally, including in Russia.

VK says it has sent Apple a request for clarification on the disappearance of its apps from the store.

⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show an ongoing anomaly on internet backbone provider TCI in #Iran; the incident is likely to limit the free flow of information amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-protests-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-X8qVEwAD