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⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a significant disruption to internet connectivity in Nagorno-Karabakh on Thursday 17 August; Artsakh sources claim Azerbaijan forces have cut fiber cables to Armenia near the blockaded Lachin corridor and hindered Russia-backed repair efforts 📉
ℹ️ Confirmed: Real-time metrics show US internet provider Charter Spectrum (AS20115) is currently experiencing a widespread outage in multiple states with high impact to #Tennessee; metrics show regional connectivity at 2% of ordinary levels 📉 #SpectrumOutage
⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a significant decline in internet connectivity in the Northwest Territories of #Canada amid reports of a massive outbreak of wildfires; the telecoms disruptions are likely to impact rescue and evacuation efforts 🔥📉
ℹ️ Note: Twitter is experiencing international outages affecting image and video content; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown
ℹ️ Confirmed: #Syria implemented a new internet shutdown this morning lasting some 4 hours as a measure to secure the distribution of school exam papers and limit cheating.
NetBlocks⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show significant internet disruptions in Hawaii's Maui communities including Lahaina and Kula, linked to intensifying wildfires driven by powerful winds; evacuations are ongoing 🚒📉 #MauiOutage
⚠️ Update: Live metrics indicate that Lahaina in Maui, Hawaii remains largely disconnected from the internet amid deadly wildfires; the outages are likely to impact rescue efforts with some trapped residents resorting to emergency satellite calls 📉 #MauiFires
⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show significant internet disruptions in Hawaii's Maui communities including Lahaina and Kula, linked to intensifying wildfires driven by powerful winds; evacuations are ongoing 🚒📉 #MauiOutage
⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a significant disruption to internet connectivity in occupied Luhansk, #Ukraine, corroborating claims of a successful regional denial of service attack by the IT Army of Ukraine hacktivist group 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity across the Eastern US, with high impact to major metro areas including North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania as a severe weather outbreak knocks out power for over a million customers 🌬️📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show the autonomous Kurdistan region of #Iraq has cut internet access between 6am-8am for a second day; the measure is imposed by the Ministry of Communications to "prevent the leakage of high school exam questions" 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show messaging platform Telegram has been restricted across much of #Iraq, excluding operators in the autonomous Kurdistan region; the incident follows an order from the Ministry of Communications over the posting of leaked private data.
ℹ️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a significant internet outage in #Çanakkale, Turkey; the incident is attributed to an explosion in the power grid due to overloading that has left the city in darkness 🔌
NetBlocks⚠️ Confirmed: Traffic data show mobile internet access has been suspended in #Senegal. The shutdown follows the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, and is the latest in a series of mass-censorship measures imposed by the government. 📰 Updated Report:…
⚠️ Update: Analysis of connectivity in #Senegal shows that the country has entered a 6th day of curfew-style mobile internet shutdowns amid reports that opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's lawyer, French citizen Juan Branco, has now also been detained 📵
NetBlocks⚠️ Confirmed: Traffic data show mobile internet access has been suspended in #Senegal. The shutdown follows the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, and is the latest in a series of mass-censorship measures imposed by the government. 📰 Updated Report:…
⚠️ Update: Network connectivity analysis shows #Senegal is now in its 5th day of curfew-style mobile internet blackouts after the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, severely limiting public freedom of expression and access to information 📵
🔥 For 3 months, #Manipur in India has been in the dark due to an internet shutdown. Network data show that telecoms restrictions in #Manipur, India, have been ongoing since 4 May, leaving the region in the midst of a severe information blackout in a time of need.
Impacts:
▪️ Human rights violations unseen: Internet blackout hides murders, rapes, and arson. ▪️ Over 180 lives lost, 60K+ displaced amidst escalating violence, with little or no ability to communicate with the outside world. ▪️ Shutdowns like these are disproportionate and inherently cripple free speech and limit human rights reporting, while disrupting essential services.
🔌 Internet shutdown: a repeated government strategy to quell internal conflict, purportedly to curb disinformation, while the violence rages on.
📢 It's time to shed light on the Manipur crisis. The world needs to see, and the people need their digital lifelines restored.
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show that social video service TikTok has been restricted in #Senegal. The measure follows curfew-style mobile internet shutdowns and comes amid protests over the sentencing of opposition figure Ousmane Sonko
⚠️ Update: Analysis of network connectivity in #Senegal shows that the country is now in the second day of curfew-style mobile internet blackouts, the latest in a series of measures leading up to the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko
ℹ️ Confirmed: Network data show a major internet outage in #Haiti, corroborating user reports of difficulty getting online; the incident is attributed to intermittent issues affecting international circuits per leading provider Access Haiti 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Traffic data show mobile internet access has been suspended in #Senegal. The shutdown follows the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, and is the latest in a series of mass-censorship measures imposed by the government.
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