⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a collapse in connectivity on multiple internet providers in #Sumy Oblast, northeastern #Ukraine, corroborating user reports of telecoms outages across various cities in the region.

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

Confirmed: An internet outage with Cox Communications has knocked Las Vegas, Nevada offline at 7 a.m local time; incident ongoing 📉 #CoxDown

ℹ️ Update: Internet connectivity is being restored on Cox Communications in Las Vegas after an excavator struck power lines, triggering a surge that reset subscriber modems according to the provider; incident duration ~2 hours

This weekend, The Economist Profile features Alp Toker, founder of global internet watchdog organisation @netblocks and its mission to chronicle Ukraine's embattled internet and Russia's spiraling crackdown against online dissent.

https://espresso.economist.com/f0581ab7f8e6b8695051457df75cd9c0

⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a significant drop in connectivity on internet provider Komitex in Lviv, western #Ukraine. The incident comes amid reports of multiple explosions and billowing smoke rising into the sky.

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

ℹ️ Update: Metrics show a recovery on internet provider Komitex in #Lviv following an aerial attack on the city, located in western Ukraine some 40 miles from the border with Poland. Lviv's infrastructure has so far remained largely intact since the start of the Russian invasion.

⚠️ Confirmed: A major internet disruption has been registered across #Ukraine on national provider #Ukrtelecom; real-time network data show connectivity collapsing to 13% of pre-war levels; the provider reports issues assigning new sessions

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

⚠️ Update: Ukraine's national internet provider Ukrtelecom has confirmed a cyberattack on its core infrastructure.

Real-time network data show an ongoing and intensifying nation-scale disruption to service, which is the most severe registered since the invasion by Russia.

ℹ️ Update: Internet connectivity is being restored on Ukraine's national provider Ukrtelecom some 15 hours after users started falling offline amid a cyberattack. The company's engineers say they have successfully mitigated the attack.

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

⚠️ Confirmed: A significant disruption to internet connectivity has been registered in #Chernihiv, northern Ukraine; the incident comes amid intense Russian bombardment despite talk of a reduction in military operations targeting the region

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

ℹ️ Update: Internet connectivity has been restored to previously observed levels in #Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, which now stands around 60% of pre-war levels.

Service was significantly disrupted for several hours during unexpected heavy bombardment by Russia amid peace talks.

ℹ️ Note: Sri Lanka is experiencing a moderate decline in internet connectivity amid state-imposed power cuts, with observable impact to provider Dialog.

Meanwhile, some activists report being unable to get online at protests. The situation remains under observation.

ℹ️ Note: Leading internet provider Kyivstar in Ukraine has cut off many of its subscribers with unpaid bills outside active combat areas as of 1 April. The company cites the need for payment to repair war-ravaged infrastructure and pay tax.

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

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a sustained collapse in connectivity across multiple internet providers in #Lozova, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, as Russian bombardment knocks out power and damages infrastructure per the city's mayor #Лозова

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

⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show Sri Lanka has imposed a nationwide social media blackout, restricting access to platforms including Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, and Instagram as emergency is declared amid widespread protests.

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/social-media-restricted-in-sri-lanka-as-emergency-declared-amid-protests-JA6ROrAQ

ℹ️ Update: Metrics show that access to social media and messaging apps is being restored in Sri Lanka after restrictions were imposed by the Defence Ministry to help "people to maintain calm" amid protests; duration ~16 hours #EconomicCrisisLK

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/social-media-restricted-in-sri-lanka-as-emergency-declared-amid-protests-JA6ROrAQ

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⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show that the website of Human Rights Watch is now unreachable on multiple providers in #Belarus, following a ban issued by order of the prosecutor of Minsk.

The incident marks an escalation in online censorship since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

⚠️ Confirmed: A major power outage has knocked out internet connectivity across much of #PuertoRico; real-time network data show national connectivity down to ~54% of ordinary levels; incident comes amid reports of a fire at the Costa Sur power plant #Apagón 🔌

ℹ️ Update: Internet access in #PuertoRico remains significantly impacted more than a day after a widespread power outage; real-time network data show national connectivity now at ~73% of ordinary levels; the incident follows a fire at the Costa Sur power plant #Apagón 🔌

⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a significant drop in national connectivity impacting multiple internet providers in #Ukraine; operator WNET reports an emergency situation with interconnections to Europe; incident ongoing 📉

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