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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant decline in internet connectivity in Odesa, #Ukraine, as authorities impose emergency power shutdowns after Russian shelling targeting energy infrastructure overnight 🔌📉
🗓 Five years ago today, #Iran began to shut down the internet to silence protesters calling for human rights and freedom; in the darkness of an information blackout, thousands were killed by security forces — the true extent of casualties could not be recorded 📉 #IranProtests
ℹ️ Note: Social media platform Bluesky is currently experiencing outages amidst an influx of users dissatisfied by X (formerly Twitter); incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #BlueskyDown
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show that Telegram has been restricted in #Kenya, corroborating user reports of disruption; the measure comes as students sit KCSE exams and is consistent with past restrictions of Telegram observed in the country as a measure to limit cheating during exams
NetBlocks⚠️ Update: Traffic data show #Mozambique has emerged from a fourth day of curfew-style mobile internet blackouts. Social media platforms remain restricted as the political opposition calls for renewed protests over disputed election results
⚠️ Update: Metrics show internet has been cut in #Mozambique for a 5th day as authorities crack down on the March on Maputo movement; a series of curfew-style internet shutdowns and social media restrictions have limited the visibility of opposition protests over election results
NetBlocks⚠️ Update: Traffic data show #Mozambique has emerged from a third day of curfew-style mobile internet blackouts. However, social media platforms remain restricted as authorities continue to impose measures to curtail protests over disputed election results
⚠️ Update: Traffic data show #Mozambique has emerged from a fourth day of curfew-style mobile internet blackouts. Social media platforms remain restricted as the political opposition calls for renewed protests over disputed election results
⚠️ Confirmed: Analysis of network data indicates a decline in internet traffic in #Cuba as Hurricane Rafael hits the island, with strong winds leading to a "shutdown of the national electricity grid" per Union Eléctrica; the incident comes just weeks after October's blackouts
NetBlocks⚠️ Update: Traffic data indicate #Mozambique is now in the second day of curfew-style mobile internet blackouts. The shutdown follows protests over disputed election results, and is the latest in a series of mass-censorship measures imposed by the government…
⚠️ Update: Traffic data show #Mozambique has emerged from a third day of curfew-style mobile internet blackouts. However, social media platforms remain restricted as authorities continue to impose measures to curtail protests over disputed election results
NetBlocks⚠️ Update: Metrics show that social media restrictions are ongoing in #Mozambique following multiple instances of more comprehensive mobile internet shutdowns, the most recent of which came into place yesterday; the measures come amid protests over disputed…
⚠️ Update: Traffic data indicate #Mozambique is now in the second day of curfew-style mobile internet blackouts. The shutdown follows protests over disputed election results, and is the latest in a series of mass-censorship measures imposed by the government 📵
⚠️ Update: Metrics show that social media restrictions are ongoing in #Mozambique following multiple instances of more comprehensive mobile internet shutdowns, the most recent of which came into place yesterday; the measures come amid protests over disputed election results
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show multiple social media platforms have been restricted in #Mauritius; the incident comes as authorities order ISPs to suspend access until after elections later this month, on grounds of national security after the leaking of "certain" audio clips
⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show restrictions to social media and messaging platforms Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp in #Mozambique; the incident follows mobile data disruptions last week and comes as protesters prepare to hit the streets over disputed election results
⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a disruption to internet connectivity in parts of Kharkiv, Ukraine; the incident comes amid reports of power outages in the Saltivka district as a deadly Russian airstrike hits a nine-storey residential building 📉
NetBlocks⚠️ Confirmed: A significant decline in internet connectivity has been registered in Valencia, Spain, as storm DANA sweeps the region resulting in widespread power outages and damage to infrastructure 📉🔌
⚠️ Update: Metrics show internet connectivity remains highly impacted by the DANA storm event in and around Valencia, Spain, with a 'tsunami-like' deluge leaving almost a hundred dead while devastating the region's infrastructure
ℹ️ Confirmed: Metrics corroborate the IT Army of Ukraine group's claim of a successful denial of service attack on Russia hosting provider Masterhost, a key player in Russia's digital ecosystem, sending the company's infrastructure offline for two days
⚠️ Confirmed: A significant decline in internet connectivity has been registered in Valencia, Spain, as storm DANA sweeps the region resulting in widespread power outages and damage to infrastructure 📉🔌
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a widespread disruption to internet connectivity in #Guadeloupe after striking energy workers trigger an emergency shutdown at Pointe Jarry EDF-PEI thermal power plant; authorities say they are requisitioning staff to force the facility's reopening
⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show a disruption to mobile internet traffic in #Mozambique amid protests after the results of presidential elections held earlier this month are announced; the incident is likely to limit coverage of events on the ground 📵
NetBlocks⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show social media platforms including Telgram, X, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok have been restricted in #Turkey; the incident comes as authorities impose a broadcast ban over today's deadly attack on Turkish Aerospace Industries'…
ℹ️ Update: Metrics show access to major social media platforms has been restored in Turkey this morning; services were restricted after yesterday's deadly attack on a key Ankara aerospace firm, following an established pattern of mass-censorship during national security incidents
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