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NetBlocks⚠️ 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…
⚠️ Update: #Iran is entering Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in digital darkness, as the internet blackout continues into day 21 after 480 hours.
With international connectivity cut and domestic service limited, many families are unable to contact loved ones when it's most needed.
NetBlocks⚠️ 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…
⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has entered its 20th day, with international connectivity unavailable to the general public for over 456 hours.
The incident is now the longest recorded shutdown in Iran's history, surpassing the blackout imposed during protests in January.
NetBlocks⚠️ 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…
ℹ️ Update: Network data show at a brief restoration of internet connectivity in #Iran at hour 444 of the country's second-longest blackout, as some users report coming momentarily back online after an apparent filtering system glitch. However, the restoration is not sustained.
ℹ️ Note: Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) is currently experiencing international outages; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown
NetBlocks⚠️ 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…
⚠️ Update: The internet blackout in #Iran has entered its 19th day with international connectivity still unavailable after 432 hours to all but a chosen few.
As the world debates if or how the war should proceed, one voice is effectively missing: the voice of the Iranian people.
NetBlocks⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a nation-scale disruption to internet connectivity in the Republic of #Congo on the day of presidential elections as incumbent Sassou, in power for some 42 years, seeks reelection. A similar blackout was observed during the…
ℹ️ Update: Internet connectivity has been restored in the Congo Republic after a 2.5-day digital shutdown spanning election day and vote counting, as authorities announce President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who first took power in 1979, has been reelected for a fifth term with 95%.
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in Odesa, #Ukraine, corresponding to power outages after overnight Russian drone attacks targeting energy, port, and industrial infrastructure 📉
NetBlocks⚠️ 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…
⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout is now entering its 18th day after 408 hours without international connectivity for the general public. Chosen users are granted privileged access, while the remainder are left with a limited domestic intranet under increasingly tight control.
⚠️ Confirmed: Analysis shows a decline in internet traffic in #Cuba corresponding to an electricity grid collapse that has left millions without power. The incident comes as the island faces dwindling energy supplies amid a US oil blockade and operations in Venezuela 🪫 #apagón
NetBlocksThe election-day internet shutdown, which limits transparency during an election period already marred by opposition arrests, has been a go-to digital tactic for Congo-Brazzaville. The 3-day blackout in 2021 spanned the opening of polls through to the announcement…
⚠️ Update: Congo-Brazzaville remains partially offline as votes are counted after elections held under an near-total internet blackout. The pattern continues to match the schedule of restrictions used during past elections.
NetBlocks⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics indicate a collapse in connectivity on AS12880, a key #Iran telecoms network that had so far remained partly online as part of the ~1% reserved state infrastructure. The incident corroborates reports of instability on the NIN domestic…
⚠️ Update: The internet blackout in #Iran is entering its 17th day after 384 hours. Over the last day a decline has been tracked in reserved telecoms network infrastructure, further reducing VPN availability and sending some whitelisted users and NIN services offline.
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics indicate a collapse in connectivity on AS12880, a key #Iran telecoms network that had so far remained partly online as part of the ~1% reserved state infrastructure. The incident corroborates reports of instability on the NIN domestic intranet.
NetBlocks⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a nation-scale disruption to internet connectivity in the Republic of #Congo on the day of presidential elections as incumbent Sassou, in power for some 42 years, seeks reelection. A similar blackout was observed during the…
The election-day internet shutdown, which limits transparency during an election period already marred by opposition arrests, has been a go-to digital tactic for Congo-Brazzaville. The 3-day blackout in 2021 spanned the opening of polls through to the announcement of results.
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a nation-scale disruption to internet connectivity in the Republic of #Congo on the day of presidential elections as incumbent Sassou, in power for some 42 years, seeks reelection. A similar blackout was observed during the March 2021 election 📉
NetBlocks⚠️ 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…
⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has entered day 16 as the measure continues in its third week, with the public cut off from international networks for 360 hours. Chosen influencers enjoy whitelisting while state media report a new wave of arrests targeting Starlink users.
NetBlocks⚠️ 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…
⚠️ Update: Two full weeks have now passed since #Iran fell into digital darkness amid a regime-imposed internet blackout.
The public remain isolated from the outside world with only a limited domestic intranet after 336 hours while state-approved accounts get whitelisted access.
NetBlocks⚠️ 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…
⚠️ Update: #Iran's wartime internet blackout has entered its 14th day with connectivity still at 1% of ordinary levels after 312 hours.
As authentic voices are silenced and civilians are left without vital updates, a steady flow of regime-approved content fills the void.
NetBlocks⚠️ 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…
⚠️ Update: Metrics show the internet blackout in #Iran has entered its thirteenth day with the incident surpassing 288 hours.
The regime's measure presents a direct risk to the safety, health, and security of civilians who have a right to receive information needed for survival.
NetBlocks⚠️ 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…
⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout is entering its twelfth day after 264 hours with connectivity still at 1% of ordinary levels.
Meanwhile, the regime's spokesperson has confirmed observations pointing to a whitelisting system, stating that only the approved are given a voice.
⚠️ Update: At 240 hours, #Iran's internet blackout is now among the most severe government-imposed nationwide internet shutdowns on record globally, and the second longest registered in Iran after the January protests, with the country having spent a third of 2026 offline.
