Internet Shutdowns
Who Shuts Down the Internet the Most?
Based on 908 shutdowns we've tracked since 2018
-
421 -
160 -
73 -
37 -
18 -
17 -
16 -
14 -
11 -
10
- Africa
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
- Oceania
ongoing shutdowns around the world
Internet shutdowns around the world since December 2024
countries have experienced a total or partial Internet shutdown since December 2024
Since December 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
July 2019
421 shutdowns
-
Past
Regional shutdown
Internet Services
Meerut district, Uttar Pradesh state
Internet services were suspended as a precautionary measure in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday after certain protests held on June 30 against the lynching of Tabrez Ansari in Jharkhand went out of control and took a violent turn.
India
- Start
- End
- Total Duration 17 hours
-
Past
Regional shutdown
Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir
India
- Start
- End
- Total Duration 0 minutes
-
Past
Regional shutdown
Internet Services
Jaipur city, Rajasthan state
Internet has been suspended in some areas of Jaipur after people went on a rampage following the abduction and rape of a seven-year-old girl in the city.
India
- Start
- End
- Total Duration 3 days, 7 hours
-
Past
Regional shutdown
Internet Services
Meerut city, Uttar Pradesh
The Uttar Pradesh government pulled the plug on the Internet to prevent a little-known local organisation from publicising its call for a “Bharat bandh” on Monday. The bandh call was issued after police beat up marchers protesting the rise in lynchings.
India
- Start
- End
- Total Duration 10 hours
June 2019
-
Past
Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet Services
Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir
One terrorist has been killed in an encounter which broke out with the security forces on Sunday in Chadoora area of Budgam district in Jammu and Kashmir. Mobile internet services have been suspended in Budgam.
India
- Start
- End
- Total Duration 0 minutes
-
Past
Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet Services
Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir
A militant was killed by security forces on Friday in an encounter which ensued during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in the central Kashmir district of Badgam on Friday, official sources said. Meanwhile, mobile internet service in Badgam has been suspended as a precautionary measure to prevent spread of rumours.
India
- Start
- End
- Total Duration 0 minutes
-
Past
Regional shutdown
Internet Services
Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir
Four terrorists were killed in an encounter which broke out in Daramdora Keegam area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian District on Sunday. As per the reports, the exchange of fire between militants and security forces is still underway. As a precautionary measure authorities have suspended mobile Internet services in Shopian district.
India
- Start
- End
- Total Duration 13 hours
-
Past
Regional shutdown
Internet Services
North 24 Parganas, West Bengal
Internet services were snapped in parts of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district around 11 pm last night. The shutdown came after a bomb went off amid clashes between TMC and BJP workers in which three people died and around 10 were injured, telecom research analyst and Kolkata resident Imtiaz Mondal told MediaNama.
India
- Start
- End
- Total Duration 0 minutes
-
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.
India
- Start
- End
- Total Duration 12 hours
-
Past
Regional shutdown
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.
India
- Start
- End
- Total Duration 15 hours
- Page 34 of 43.