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.
The Internet Society and NetBlocks are teaming up to develop a tool to better measure the cost of Internet shutdowns, and convince governments to keep the Internet on. The Cost of …
Our Internet Shutdown Observatory uses novel measurement, classification and attribution techniques to detect internet disruptions, online censorship and cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure in the defence of human rights, democratic process …
The NetBlocks network observatory has identified internet disruptions, believed to be part of an intentional regime of internet shutdowns intended to influence the course of the presidential elections in Mali. …
The Ethiopian government shut off broadband and mobile internet in the Somali region of the country including the cities of Harar and Dire Dawa. The decision to disrupt service followed …
Mobile internet speeds in Bangladesh plummeted by a factor of ten overnight, restricting access to information and limiting online sharing, according to NetBlocks web probe metrics. The internet shutdown follows an …
The NetBlocks internet observatory has detected a series of regional internet outages and disruptions coinciding with widespread protests and violence in Nicaragua. The country has been swept with unrest amid …
Data collected by the NetBlocks internet shutdown observatory in collaboration with volunteers across Iraq since Friday present new insights into the variety of internet restrictions that have been implemented to …
On 12 July, 2018 inaccessibility of U.S.-based online news magazine slate.com was detected in Pakistan by the NetBlocks internet observatory and Digital Rights Foundation. The groups have determined the nation-wide extent of …
