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The Communications Authority of Kenya has released a statement saying they will not shut down the Internet in reaction to national protests against the government's plan to increase taxes.

Last Sunday marked the 600th day of ongoing mobile Internet outages and service-blocking events, resulting in more than USD $720 million in Gross Domestic Product losses and 10,000 jobs.

Malawi's Internet resilience indicators are similar to those of countries that are currently or have suffered from prolonged internal conflict.

Bangladesh is experiencing slightly slower Internet connectivity to international hosted services due to an outage to one of the two submarine cables connecting the country.

Pulse has recorded 22 intentional Internet shutdown events so far in 2024 that have affected Internet users across 12 countries.

Strong competition and government support have helped Bulgaria establish a resilient Internet environment.

2.6 billion people are unconnected, the majority of whom are females living in low-income and lower-middle-income countries.

Afghanistan and other war-torn countries have shown that conflict doesn't need to stifle the progress of a country's Internet.

Thailand has done an admirable job at increasing its Internet infrastructure in the past decade, with an understanding that this will form the foundation for its long-term digital vision.

There have been reports of mobile and Internet disruptions across multiple service providers.

In 2023, the rate of IPv6 deployment increased the most it has since 2018, growing from 34% to 39% globally.

As of the end of 2023, governments and other actors across 18 countries intentionally disrupted Internet connectivity or blocked access to specific Internet services for their citizens.