Internet Shutdowns

• Past

  National shutdown

  For a fifth - and presumably final - day, the Algerian government is shutting down the Internet for the entire country during school exams, following the pattern of the last few days. Data from Cloudflare Radar and IODA show that Algeria appears to be following a similar pattern to last year, with a longer outage in the morning and then a second outage in the afternoon. As we noted in our post about exam-related shutdowns in 2024, these Baccalaureate exams go from 9-13 June 2024. We have seen daily shutdowns on each of the days, and today is supposed to be the final day. In analyzing the data, it appears that the Algerian government is engaging in content blocking whereby the actual Internet connections remain active, but the Internet service providers are ordered to block certain sites, including social media networks and messaging sites. As we have repeatedly written about here on Pulse, Internet shutdowns cause great harm to a country’s economy and society and are in our opinion not the appropriate mechanism to cope with potential exam cheating  

  Algeria

  • Start 13 June 2024 7:00 a.m.
  • End 13 June 2024 10:00 a.m.
  • Total Duration 3 hours
• Past

  National shutdown

  For a fourth day, the Algerian government is shutting down the Internet for the entire country during school exams, following the pattern of the last few days. Data from Cloudflare Radar and IODA show that Algeria appears to be following a similar pattern to last year, with a longer outage in the morning and then a second outage in the afternoon. As we noted in our post about exam-related shutdowns in 2024, these Baccalaureate exams go from 9-13 June 2024. We expect to see daily shutdowns on these days. In analyzing the data, it appears that the Algerian government is engaging in content blocking whereby the actual Internet connections remain active, but the Internet service providers are ordered to block certain sites, including social media networks and messaging sites. As we have repeatedly written about here on Pulse, Internet shutdowns cause great harm to a country’s economy and society and are in our opinion not the appropriate mechanism to cope with potential exam cheating  

  Algeria

  • Start 12 June 2024 7:00 a.m.
  • End 12 June 2024 10:00 a.m.
  • Total Duration 3 hours
• Past

  National shutdown

  For a third day, it appears that Algeria is shutting down the Internet for the entire country during school exams, following the pattern of the last few days. Data from Cloudflare Radar and IODA show that Algeria appears to be following a similar pattern to last year, with a longer outage in the morning and then a second outage in the afternoon. As we noted in our post about exam-related shutdowns in 2024, these Baccalaureate exams go from 9-13 June 2024. We expect to see daily shutdowns on these days. In analyzing the data, it appears that the Algerian government is engaging in content blocking whereby the actual Internet connections remain active, but the Internet service providers are ordered to block certain sites, including social media networks and messaging sites. As we have repeatedly written about here on Pulse, Internet shutdowns cause great harm to a country’s economy and society and are in our opinion not the appropriate mechanism to cope with potential exam cheating  

  Algeria

  • Start 11 June 2024 7:00 a.m.
  • End 11 June 2024 10:00 a.m.
  • Total Duration 3 hours
• Past

  National shutdown

  For a second day, Algeria shut down the Internet for the entire country during school exams. Data from Cloudflare Radar and IODA show that Algeria appears to be following a similar pattern to last year, with a longer outage in the morning and then a second outage in the afternoon. As we noted in our post about exam-related shutdowns in 2024, these Baccalaureate exams go from 9-13 June 2024. We expect to see daily shutdowns on these days. In analyzing the data, it appears that the Algerian government is engaging in content blocking whereby the actual Internet connections remain active, but the Internet service providers are ordered to block certain sites, including social media networks and messaging sites. As we have repeatedly written about here on Pulse, Internet shutdowns cause great harm to a country’s economy and society and are in our opinion not the appropriate mechanism to cope with potential exam cheating  

  Algeria

  • Start 10 June 2024 7:00 a.m.
  • End 10 June 2024 3:30 p.m.
  • Total Duration 8 hours
• Past

  National shutdown

  Today Algeria joined Iraq and Syria in shutting down the Internet for the entire country during school exams. Data from Cloudflare Radar and IODA show that Algeria appears to be following a similar pattern to last year, with a longer outage in the morning and then a second outage in the afternoon. As we noted in our post about exam-related shutdowns in 2024, these Baccalaureate exams go from 9-13 June 2024. We expect to see daily shutdowns on these days. In analyzing the data, it appears that the Algerian government is engaging in content blocking whereby the actual Internet connections remain active, but the Internet service providers are ordered to block certain sites, including social media networks and messaging sites. As we have repeatedly written about here on Pulse, Internet shutdowns cause great harm to a country’s economy and society and are in our opinion not the appropriate mechanism to cope with potential exam cheating  

  Algeria

  • Start 9 June 2024 7:00 a.m.
  • End 9 June 2024 3:30 p.m.
  • Total Duration 8 hours

June 2023

• Past

  Service blocking

  For the fifth day, and as students sat for Physics and Economics exams, Algeria shut down the Internet for the entire country during high school exams. A news report indicates that there will be two outages each day from 11 June through 15 June, a four hour outage in the morning and a three hour outage in the afternoon. In analyzing the data, it appears that the Algerian government is engaging in content blocking whereby the actual Internet connections remain active, but the Internet service providers are ordered to block certain sites, including social media networks and messaging sites. As we have repeatedly written about here on Pulse, Internet shutdowns cause great harm to a country’s economy and society and are in our opinion not the appropriate mechanism to cope with potential exam cheating

  Algeria

  • Start 15 June 2023 6:00 a.m.
  • End 15 June 2023 4:00 p.m.
  • Total Duration 10 hours
• Past

  Service blocking

  News Media

  For a fourth day, Algeria shut down the Internet for the country during high school exams. A news report indicates that there will be two outages each day from 11 June through 15 June, a four-hour outage in the morning and a three-hour outage in the afternoon. In analyzing the data, it appears that the Algerian government is engaging in content blocking where the actual Internet connections remain active, but the Internet service providers are ordered to block certain sites. As we have repeatedly written about here on Pulse, Internet shutdowns cause great harm to a country’s economy and society and are in our opinion NOT the appropriate mechanism to cope with potential exam cheating.

  Algeria

  • Start 14 June 2023 6:00 a.m.
  • End 14 June 2023 4:00 p.m.
  • Total Duration 10 hours
• Past

  Service blocking

  For a third day, Algeria shut down the Internet for the country during high school exams. A news report indicates that there will be two outages each day from 11 June through 15 June, a four outage in the morning and a three hour outage in the afternoon. In analyzing the data, it appears that the Algerian government is engaging in content blocking where the actual Internet connections remain active, but the Internet service providers are ordered to block certain sites. As we have repeatedly written about here on Pulse, Internet shutdowns cause great harm to a country’s economy and society and are in our opinion NOT the appropriate mechanism to cope with potential exam cheating.

  Algeria

  • Start 13 June 2023 6:00 a.m.
  • End 13 June 2023 4:00 p.m.
  • Total Duration 10 hours
• Past

  Service blocking

  For a second day, Algeria shut down the Internet for the country during high school exams. A news report indicates that there will be two outages each day from 11 June through 15 June, a four outage in the morning and a three hour outage in the afternoon. In analyzing the data, it appears that the Algerian government is engaging in content blocking where the actual Internet connections remain active, but the Internet service providers are ordered to block certain sites. As we have repeatedly written about here on Pulse, Internet shutdowns cause great harm to a country’s economy and society and are in our opinion NOT the appropriate mechanism to cope with potential exam cheating.

  Algeria

  • Start 12 June 2023 6:00 a.m.
  • End 12 June 2023 4:00 p.m.
  • Total Duration 10 hours
• Past

  Service blocking

  Today Algeria joined Iraq in shutting down the Internet for the country during high school exams. A news report indicates that there will be two outages each day from 11 June through 15 June, a four outage in the morning and a three hour outage in the afternoon. In analyzing the data, it appears that the Algerian government is engaging in content blocking where the actual Internet connections remain active, but the Internet service providers are ordered to block certain sites. As we have repeatedly written about here on Pulse, Internet shutdowns cause great harm to a country’s economy and society and are in our opinion NOT the appropriate mechanism to cope with potential exam cheating.

  Algeria

  • Start 11 June 2023 7:00 a.m.
  • End 11 June 2023 5:00 p.m.
  • Total Duration 10 hours