Open, secure and reliable connectivity is essential for rights such as freedom of expression and freedom of association. Now we can measure network connectivity at internet scale.
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show #Iran is now in the midst of a near-total internet blackout with national connectivity at 4% or ordinary levels. The incident comes amid US and Israeli combat operations and matches measures used during last year's war with Israel.
⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show a disruption to internet access in parts of #Iran including Tehran with connectivity at 54% of ordinary levels. The incident comes as the US and Israel target the regime with military strikes and will limit visibility into events on the ground.
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in parts of #Massachusetts as authorities issue a travel ban in multiple counties; the incident comes as Winter Storm Hernando brings down power and telecoms lines, leaving thousands of subscribers cut off 🔌 #MAwx
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show internet connectivity in the Dominican Republic has fallen to 54% as the result of a major power outage arising from a fault in the National Interconnected Electricity System (SENI), the second such incident recorded in recent months.
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show multiple online platforms are now restricted in #Gabon after the High Authority for Communication (HAC) announced the immediate suspension of social media in the country, citing its use to disseminate "inappropriate" content among other grievances
ℹ️ Note: Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) is currently experiencing international outages; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown
⚠️ Confirmed: #Grenada has fallen almost entirely offline amid an island-wide internet disruption. Metrics indicate a gradual loss of connectivity over the course of several hours leading to the current blackout, with engineers working to resolve the issue 📉
ℹ️ Note: Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) is currently experiencing international outages; the incident comes during #SuperBowlLX and is not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a disruption to internet connectivity in western regions of #Ukraine after a series of Russian missile and drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure followed by emergency power shutdowns 🔌
⚠️ Update: With Kharkiv, #Ukraine, once again in the midst of power outages following Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, network data show a worsening cycle of disruptions corresponding to energy supply issues leaving residents without heat in freezing winter conditions
ℹ️ Note: Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) is currently experiencing international outages; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown
“The internet is that last shred of hope because, in the darkness of a blackout, anything can happen and nobody will know.”
In #Iran's digital darkness it's unlikely anyone really knows what damage the regime has wrought.
🖋️ Fintan Hogan writes for The Sunday Times, asking whether it can happen in the UK
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/iran-internet-shutdown-uk-c77ms6xdw
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The Internet Observatory informs NetBlocks reporting and the wider human rights community using measurement, classification and attribution techniques to detect internet disruptions, online censorship and cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure in …
