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Reports · August 10, 2022

Internet disrupted in Sierra Leone amid anti-government protests

NetBlocks metrics confirm a nationwide disruption to internet service on multiple providers across Sierra Leone from the morning of Wednesday 10 August 2022. Internet was cut for two hours at …

Reports · July 30, 2022

Indonesia cracks down on unlicensed online platforms and services

NetBlocks metrics confirm that restriction of online platforms from Friday 29 July 2022. The incident comes as telecom regulator Kominfo starts implementing new licensing rules. Impacted platforms cover widely used …

Reports · June 30, 2022

Internet disrupted in Sudan amid protests against military junta

NetBlocks metrics confirm the disruption of internet service on multiple providers across Sudan after 8 a.m. local time Thursday 30 June 2022. The incident came as protesters took to the …

Reports · June 18, 2022

Internet disrupted in Bihar, India, amid military recruitment protests

NetBlocks metrics confirm a significant disruption to internet connectivity on multiple providers in Bihar, eastern India from Friday 17 June 2022 until Tuesday 21 June. The incident came as the …

Reports · May 25, 2022

Internet disrupted in Pakistan as ousted PM’s mass rally takes to streets

NetBlocks metrics confirm disruptions to internet service on multiple providers across Pakistan after 5 p.m. local time Wednesday 25 May 2022. The incident comes as the government moves to ban …

Reports · April 2, 2022

Social media restricted in Sri Lanka as emergency declared amid protests

NetBlocks metrics confirm the restriction of multiple social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Viber and YouTube in Sri Lanka after midnight on Sunday 3 April 2022 local time, with …

Reports · March 13, 2022

Instagram restricted in Russia as online space continues to shrink

NetBlocks metrics confirm the restriction of Instagram in Russia from the night of Sunday 13 March 2022. The incident follows the earlier restriction of Twitter and Facebook as Russia cracks …

Reports · March 9, 2022

Severed power line heightens safety concerns at Chernobyl nuclear power plant

Network data from NetBlocks corroborate reports of a power blackout in the vicinity of the mothballed Soviet-era Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine from approximately 9 a.m. UTC on the …

Reports · March 6, 2022

Disconnection raises fears over safety at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

Network data from NetBlocks confirm significant disruption to telecommunications and internet service in and around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, southeast Ukraine from the morning of 4 March 2022, as …

Reports · March 4, 2022

Widespread internet outage registered in Iran amid reports of fire at datacenter

Network data from NetBlocks confirm a major disruption to internet connectivity in Iran from the morning of Friday 4 March 2022. Metrics show the loss of connectivity across multiple providers, …

Reports · February 26, 2022

Twitter and Facebook restricted in Russia amid conflict with Ukraine

NetBlocks metrics confirm the restriction of Twitter in Russia from the morning of Saturday 26 February 2022. Facebook servers have subsequently been restricted as of Sunday. The restrictions are in …

Reports · February 24, 2022

Internet disruptions registered as Russia moves in on Ukraine

Network data from NetBlocks confirm a series of significant disruptions to internet service in Ukraine from Thursday 24 February 2022. Disruptions have subsequently been tracked across much of Ukraine including …

Reports · February 20, 2022

Internet slowdown limits coverage of Zimbabwe opposition rally

Network data from NetBlocks confirm a significant slowing of internet service for many users in Zimbabwe on Sunday 20 February 2022, as a major political opposition rally is held in …

Reports · February 17, 2022

Mobile internet disrupted in Luhansk, Ukraine amid heightened tensions with Russia

Network data from NetBlocks confirm a significant disruption to internet service in Luhansk, Eastern Ukraine on Thursday 17 February 2022. Metrics show a multi-hour loss of connectivity on infrastructure used …

Reports · February 15, 2022

Ukraine banking and defense platforms knocked out amid heightened tensions with Russia

NetBlocks metrics confirm the loss of service to multiple banking and online platforms in Ukraine, in a manner consistent with a denial of service attack. The incident comes amid heightened …

Reports · January 25, 2022

Tropical Storm Ana knocks out power in Malawi

Metrics from NetBlocks indicate a major power outage in Malawi from the afternoon of 24 January 2022. The disruptions began as Tropical Storm Ana made landfall on Monday, with rainfall …

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Power outage knocks out connectivity in Central Asian states

NetBlocks has identified a nation-scale power outage in multiple Central Asian countries including Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Real time network data showed severe impact to telecommunications infrastructure leaving only 37% …

Reports · January 23, 2022

Internet disrupted in Burkina Faso amid military uprising

Network data from NetBlocks and third-party traffic data confirm significant disruptions to internet service in Burkina Faso on the morning of Sunday 23 January 2022. The incident comes amid reports …

Reports · January 21, 2022

Internet connectivity knocked out in Yemen after airstrike

Network data from NetBlocks confirm a nation-scale collapse of internet connectivity in Yemen on Friday 21 January 2022 from around 1 a.m. local time. The incident came amid reports of …

Reports · January 15, 2022

Energy crisis in Lebanon leads to widening telecoms blackouts

Network data from NetBlocks confirm the loss of internet service in parts of Beirut, Lebanon from the evening of Saturday 15 January 2022. The intermittent disruptions to connectivity follow an …

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