⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show Internet access has been cut across most of #Iraq this morning as the country continues to institute a policy of nation-scale internet shutdowns to prevent cheating in school exams 📉

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-during-school-exams-JBQV2Lyo

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show that internet connectivity has again been cut across most of #Iraq. The controversial policy is presented as a means to prevent cheating in school exams but disproportionately impacts the country as a whole.

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-during-school-exams-JBQV2Lyo

⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a significant disruption to internet connectivity in Zahedan, #Iran; the incident continues the weekly pattern of regional internet shutdowns targeting anti-government protests at Friday prayers 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show internet access has been shut down across most of #Iraq except the north this morning, the latest in a series of digital blackouts imposed by authorities in an attempt to prevent cheating in school exams 📉

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-during-school-exams-JBQV2Lyo

⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a significant disruption to internet connectivity in Zahedan, #Iran; the incident continues the cycle of internet shutdowns targeting weekly anti-government protests during Friday prayers 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show that parts of #Rhodes are experiencing intermittent internet outages as the Greek island battles wildfires amid power outages as resident and tourist evacuations continue 🔥📉

🎙️#Iran experienced a high frequency of curfew-style internet shutdowns in the first half of 2023.

On Twitter Spaces today at 14:00 UTC join us with journalist Natasha Phillips to explore the dynamics and human rights impacts of these digital blackouts #Zahedan #MahsaAmini

➡️ https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1BRJjZZeOogJw

ℹ️ Confirmed: Network data show a multi-hour nation-scale internet outage in #Liberia, corroborating user reports of difficulty getting online; the incident is consistent with a subsea cable disruption 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Traffic data show mobile internet access has been suspended in #Senegal. The shutdown follows the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, and is the latest in a series of mass-censorship measures imposed by the government.

📰 Updated Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/social-media-restricted-in-senegal-amid-political-unrest-W80QkaAK

ℹ️ Confirmed: Network data show a major internet outage in #Haiti, corroborating user reports of difficulty getting online; the incident is attributed to intermittent issues affecting international circuits per leading provider Access Haiti 📉

⚠️ Update: Analysis of network connectivity in #Senegal shows that the country is now in the second day of curfew-style mobile internet blackouts, the latest in a series of measures leading up to the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/social-media-restricted-and-mobile-internet-cut-in-senegal-amid-political-unrest-W80QkaAK

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show that social video service TikTok has been restricted in #Senegal. The measure follows curfew-style mobile internet shutdowns and comes amid protests over the sentencing of opposition figure Ousmane Sonko

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/social-media-restricted-and-mobile-internet-cut-in-senegal-amid-political-unrest-W80QkaAK

🔥 For 3 months, #Manipur in India has been in the dark due to an internet shutdown. Network data show that telecoms restrictions in #Manipur, India, have been ongoing since 4 May, leaving the region in the midst of a severe information blackout in a time of need.

Impacts:

▪️ Human rights violations unseen: Internet blackout hides murders, rapes, and arson.
▪️ Over 180 lives lost, 60K+ displaced amidst escalating violence, with little or no ability to communicate with the outside world.
▪️ Shutdowns like these are disproportionate and inherently cripple free speech and limit human rights reporting, while disrupting essential services.

🔌 Internet shutdown: a repeated government strategy to quell internal conflict, purportedly to curb disinformation, while the violence rages on.

📢 It's time to shed light on the Manipur crisis. The world needs to see, and the people need their digital lifelines restored.

⚠️ Update: Network connectivity analysis shows #Senegal is now in its 5th day of curfew-style mobile internet blackouts after the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, severely limiting public freedom of expression and access to information 📵

📰 https://netblocks.org/reports/social-media-restricted-and-mobile-internet-cut-in-senegal-amid-political-unrest-W80QkaAK

⚠️ Update: Analysis of connectivity in #Senegal shows that the country has entered a 6th day of curfew-style mobile internet shutdowns amid reports that opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's lawyer, French citizen Juan Branco, has now also been detained 📵

📰 https://netblocks.org/reports/social-media-restricted-and-mobile-internet-cut-in-senegal-amid-political-unrest-W80QkaAK

ℹ️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a significant internet outage in #Çanakkale, Turkey; the incident is attributed to an explosion in the power grid due to overloading that has left the city in darkness 🔌

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show messaging platform Telegram has been restricted across much of #Iraq, excluding operators in the autonomous Kurdistan region; the incident follows an order from the Ministry of Communications over the posting of leaked private data.

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/telegram-restricted-in-iraq-over-personal-data-leaks-9AkJ4o8D

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show the autonomous Kurdistan region of #Iraq has cut internet access between 6am-8am for a second day; the measure is imposed by the Ministry of Communications to "prevent the leakage of high school exam questions" 📉

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-during-school-exams-JBQV2Lyo

Iraq has restricted Telegram over privacy concerns despite the platform's popularity, with users now relying on a VPN.

The move underscores global tensions between digital freedoms and state security measures.

🖊 Chiara Castro writes for TechRadar
https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/iraq-shuts-down-telegram-over-privacy-concerns

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity across the Eastern US, with high impact to major metro areas including North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania as a severe weather outbreak knocks out power for over a million customers 🌬️📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a significant disruption to internet connectivity in occupied Luhansk, #Ukraine, corroborating claims of a successful regional denial of service attack by the IT Army of Ukraine hacktivist group 📉

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K