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⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a disruption to internet service in #Kharkiv, northeast #Ukraine; the incident comes amid reports of a weapons strike on power infrastructure with some parts of the city left in darkness 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show an ongoing anomaly on internet backbone provider TCI in #Iran; the incident is likely to limit the free flow of information amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini
ℹ️ Confirmed: App analytics data show that #Russia's VK / Mail·ru apps have been taken down from the Apple App Store internationally, including in Russia.
VK says it has sent Apple a request for clarification on the disappearance of its apps from the store.
⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show multiple regions of the #Philippines impacted by internet outages corresponding to power cuts after super typhoon #Noru makes landfall, triggering landslides, flash flooding and storm surges 📉 #KardingPH
⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time metrics show a nation-scale disruption to Mobinnet, one of the largest network operators in #Iran, as widespread internet platform restrictions and rolling blackouts continue amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show that #Skype is now restricted in #Iran, the latest in a series of measures also targeting the last accessible international platforms Instagram, WhatsApp and LinkedIn, amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini
⚠️ Confirmed: Internet access has been knocked out in #Canada's Atlantic provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and New Brunswick amid power cuts as post-tropical storm #Fiona makes landfall, in what the Canadian Hurricane Centre describes as "a historic, extreme event" 🌀📉
ℹ️ Update: #PuertoRico's internet connectivity continues to rise following an island-wide power blackout caused by #HurricaneFiona, however many users and networks remain offline; real-time metrics show connectivity now at 70% of ordinary levels 📈
ℹ️ Update: Internet users in #Iran are coming back online after a third day of curfew-style cellular network disruptions amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini.
Meanwhile, Instagram, WhatsApp, and LinkedIn are now restricted nationally.
⚠️ Confirmed: Widespread internet outages have been registered across #Bermuda corresponding to power cuts as #HurricaneFiona skirts the archipelago, with the storm now heading towards Canada ⚡
ℹ️ Note: YouTube is experiencing international outages with live streams impacted; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #YouTubeDown
⚠️ Confirmed: Mobile internet has been disrupted in #Iran for a third time; live metrics show a nation-scale loss of connectivity on leading cellular operator MCI (First) amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini
ℹ️ Update: Live metrics corroborate reports of a restoration of mobile internet connectivity in #Iran, following a curfew-style pattern of disruptions amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini; Instagram and WhatsApp remain restricted
⚠️ Confirmed: A new mobile internet disruption has been registered in #Iran; real-time network data show a second nation-scale loss of connectivity on Iran's leading cellular operator MCI (First Mobile) amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini 📵
⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a nation-scale loss of connectivity on MCI (First Mobile), #Iran's leading mobile operator, and Rightel; the incidents come amid widespread protests over the death of #MahsaAmini 📵
⚠️ Confirmed: Messaging app #WhatsApp has been restricted in #Iran amid widening protests over the death of #MahsaAmini; metrics show WhatsApp servers now disrupted on multiple internet providers, hours after the restriction of Instagram
⚠️ Confirmed: Access to Instagram, one of the last available social media platforms in #Iran, has been restricted amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini; live metrics show frontends and CDNs now disrupted on multiple internet providers
