⚠️ Update: Network data show #Bangladesh has now been offline for over 48 hours after authorities impose a nation-scale internet shutdown in a bid to quell student protests ⏱️

The blackout continues to hinder human rights observers and independent media at a critical time.

⚠️ Update: Metrics show #Bangladesh remains cut off three full days after authorities imposed a national Internet shutdown amid student protests.

The blackout continues despite a Supreme Court ruling to limit quotas, as protesters demand accountability for over a hundred deaths.

⚠️ Update: Network data show #Bangladesh has now been offline for four days with a nationwide internet shutdown remaining in place amidst student protests ⏲

Protesters are calling for the restoration of telecoms, the release of detainees, and accountability for over 150 deaths.

⚠️ Update: Metrics show a partial restoration of fixed-line internet connectivity in #Bangladesh after five full days offline; social media and mobile data restrictions continue, limiting the public's right to communicate and stay informed as over 170 deaths reported at protests

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a disruption to all language editions of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia on multiple internet providers in #Venezuela; the incident comes in the run up to elections on Sunday, matching a similar pattern observed in 2019 #EleccionesVE2024 #28J

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show disruptions to multiple internet providers in #France amid reports of a fibre sabotage campaign targeting telecoms infrastructure during the Paris 2024 Olympics 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a nation-scale disruption to internet connectivity in #Pakistan; metrics show national connectivity at 24% of ordinary levels, corroborating user reports of a widespread outage 📉

ℹ️ Confirmed: Real-time metrics show US internet provider Spectrum (AS11426) is currently experiencing a widespread outage in North Carolina with high impact to the Piedmont Triad area; the operator has not issued an explanation 📉 #SpectrumOutage

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a disruption to leading internet provider MTN in #Nigeria; the incident may limit the visibility of #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests; the operator states it is working to resolve the issue 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show photo and video sharing platform Instagram has been restricted in #Turkey; the ban implemented by the Information and Communication Technologies Authority follows a court order issued this morning to prevent access to the popular Meta social app

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show social media and messaging platforms Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram are again restricted in #Bangladesh with mobile data also limited; the censorship measures come as students call for protests over killings and arrests at last month's quota protests

⚠️ Confirmed: Traffic data show a new disruption to internet connectivity in #Bangladesh with high impact to mobile networks; the incident comes amid reports of more than 50 deaths during a new round of protests calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 📵

⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show #Bangladesh is again in the midst of a near-total national internet shutdown after earlier social media and mobile cuts; the incident is the second blackout to be imposed, as protesters call for PM Hasina to resign over hundreds of student deaths

ℹ️ Update: Metrics show internet connectivity has been partially restored in #Bangladesh as the army chief prepares to speak to the nation at 9:00 UTC; a near-total telecoms blackout was in place through much of the morning and it is unclear if the restoration will be sustained

ℹ️ Update: Internet connectivity remains available in #Bangladesh amid reports Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has fled the country, bringing an end to her combined total of 20 years in power; hundreds of killings at student protests were masked by telecoms blackouts in recent weeks

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant decline in internet connectivity in #Ohio with high impact to Cleveland after powerful storms bring down power and telecoms lines, leaving hundreds of thousands of subscribers cut off 🔌📉 #OHwx

⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show that popular online gaming and game creation platform Roblox has been restricted on leading internet providers in #Turkey; meanwhile, photo and video sharing app Instagram remains restricted for a sixth day

⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show sporadic disruptions to internet connectivity in and around Kursk, #Russia, as Ukraine continues its cross-border incursion into Russian territory; the outages are provisionally attributed to DDoS attacks targeting local infrastructure 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Analysis of traffic data reveals a gradual decline in YouTube traffic in #Russia from late July, with a sudden marked reduction this morning, corroborating user reports of latency and outages; YouTube was one of the last social platforms still available in Russia

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show the Signal messaging app website has become unreachable on multiple internet providers in #Venezuela, corroborating user reports of a disruption; the app remains functional with the "censorship circumvention" setting enabled #8Ago