Internet Shutdowns
Who Shuts Down the Internet the Most?
Based on 877 shutdowns we've tracked since 2018
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ongoing shutdowns around the world
Internet shutdowns around the world since August 2024
countries have experienced a total or partial Internet shutdown since August 2024
Since August 2024, the world’s population has lost a total of
of access to the Internet due to intentional disruptions.
Over the past 12 months, we estimate that
has been lost in combined GDP across all countries that have experienced Internet shutdowns
Shutdowns
Shutdowns for India
June 2019
413 shutdowns
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Past
Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet Services
Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir
Anantnag, Jun 19 (UNI) Normal life was paralysed on Wednesday in this south Kashmir district on the 25th death anniversary of founder of Ummat-e-Islami (UeI) Mirwaiz Qazi Nissar Ahmad, who was gunned down by unidentified gunmen on this day in 1994. The authorities suspended mobile internet service in the district as a precautionary measure to prevent rumours.
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- Total Duration 12 hours
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Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir
Mobile Internet service was suspended in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district in view of an ongoing gunfight in Bidoora, Aknigam village of Achabal area on Monday morning. An official said the service was suspended in the district “as a precautionary measure” to check spread of rumours.
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- Total Duration 15 hours
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Mobile Internet Services
Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir
Two suspected Lashkar militants were killed on Friday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said. Train services from Srinagar to Banihal town passing through Pulwama district and all mobile Internet services in the area have been suspended.
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- Total Duration 19 hours
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Mobile Internet Services
Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar, (UNI) Five Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were martyred and five others, including three CRPF personnel, a police officer and a woman, were injured and a foreign militant was gunned down in Anantnag on Wednesday afternoon.Meanwhile, mobile internet service has been suspended in Anantnag district as precautionary measure, to prevent rumours.
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Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir
Two militants were killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Awneera area of south Kashmir’s Shopian District on Tuesday. Reports said a joint team of Army’s 1 RR, SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police and the CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Awneera following inputs about the presence of militants there.
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Sopore area, Baramulla district, Jammu and Kashmir state
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Internet Services
Khair Tehsil, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh state
In order to curb rumour mongering on social media in wake of the brutal murder of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl, the district administration on Monday suspended internet services in the Khair tehsil of Aligarh for 24 hours till midnight. As investigation into the case progress, the Tappal circle officer, Pankaj Srivastava, was also removed from his post by the SSP Aligarh
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Dhanipara village, Basirhat district, West Bengal state
Local villagers said they were targeted because the Trinamool Congress trailed the BJP at the local polling booth despite winning the Basirhat Lok Sabha seat by more than 300,000 votes. A day after three political workers were killed in violent clashes in West Bengal’s Basirhat, police personnel fanned across Dhanipara village on Sunday as the administration suspended internet services and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders faced off with the state police over the funeral of two slain party workers.
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Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir
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Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir
Four militants reportedly belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) were killed by security forces in an encounter which ensued during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) on Thursday evening in south Kashmir district of Pulwama, a police spokesperson said on Friday. Meanwhile, mobile internet service remained suspended in the district as a precautionary measure to prevent rumours.
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