Internet Shutdowns
Who Shuts Down the Internet the Most?
Based on 908 shutdowns we've tracked since 2018
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- Africa
- Americas
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- Europe
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Ongoing
10
ongoing shutdowns around the world
94
Internet shutdowns around the world since December 2024
14
countries have experienced a total or partial Internet shutdown since December 2024
Since December 2024, the world’s population has lost a total of
21,090 hours
of access to the Internet due to intentional disruptions.
Over the past 12 months, we estimate that
US $74,386,935
has been lost in combined GDP across all countries that have experienced Internet shutdowns
Shutdowns
November 2019
908 shutdowns
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Past
Service blocking
Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp
Rajasthan (also in Meerut and Saharanpur in western Uttar Pradesh, Palwal, Haryana, and Maharashtra)
As the judgement in the sensitive Ayodhya title suit was delivered, internet was suspended in many parts of the country. The divisional commissioners of Agra and Aligarh announced that internet will be suspended for 24 hours starting 6 am on November 9. This would include the suspension of mobile internet services in addition to the suspension of social media services including WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter. Similarly, internet services have also been suspended in parts of Rajasthan including Jaipur, Alwar, Sikar and Dausa starting 10 am on Saturday in anticipation of the verdict and to prevent the spread of messages that could spark violence given the sensitivity of the Ayodhya issue.
India
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- Total Duration 2 days, 9 hours
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Past
Regional shutdown
Hadramout, Shabwa Al-Jawf, and Marib
After an interruption of more than 12 hours due to a break in the fibre optic cable between the areas of ‘Huswin’ and the city of ‘Al-Ghaydah’, the capital of the governorate of Al-Mahra, Internet service resumed today, Wednesday, in several eastern and south-eastern governorates.
Yemen
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- Total Duration 12 hours
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Past
National shutdown
National except Kurdish areas
Iraq
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- Total Duration 7 days
October 2019
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Past
Service blocking
Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram
National except Kurdish areas
Various Iraqi social and economic classes are expressing their discontent with the government’s decision to cut off the internet, in order to avoid what the latter called “security chaos and conspiracy against the homeland.” Politicians, media professionals, and activists confirm that Adel Abdul Mahdi’s authority has violated all “civil liberties” laws by blocking the internet from operating permanently inside Iraq.
Iraq
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- Total Duration 1 day
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Past
Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet Services
Islamabad and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
According to reports, the Government of Pakistan has decided to suspend mobile phone services including the mobile Internet during the ‘Azadi March’. This was revealed by the leading broadcast journalist Shahzeb Khaanzada in his news show ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khaanzada Kay Saath’ on Geo News. The News also reported on various planned road-blocks and other measures that might adversely affect citizens’ mobility.
Pakistan
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- Total Duration 1 day
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Past
Regional shutdown
Abyan districts
Yemen
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- Total Duration 4 days
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Past
National shutdown
Mobile Internet Services
Major mobile operator Claro has been affected by a multi-hour outage extending to large swaths of the country, later narrowing to the capital Quito. The outage coincides with President Lenin Moreno declaring a curfew amidst ongoing public protests against the government’s austerity measures. Meanwhile, Telefónica Movistar released a statement saying that part of its telecommunications infrastructure was affected by unknown actors, which could degrade its services. A report subsequently published by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) highlighted that interruption in the state’s fiberoptic cabling could impact other telecom operators, like Movistar, that use those cables to provide their services.
Ecuador
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- Total Duration 0 minutes
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Past
Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet Services
Jehanabad, Bihar
One person was killed and three others, including security personnel, were injured in a fresh round of communal violence in this central Bihar town on Friday where tension has prevailed since members of two communities clashed the previous day during a procession for the immersion of idols of goddess Durga.
India
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- Total Duration 4 days, 9 hours
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Past
Service blocking
Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp
Network data from the NetBlocks internet observatory show that social media backend image and CDN servers were temporarily disrupted in Ecuador with state-run operator Corporación Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CNT) on Monday, 7 October 2019 amid a spiralling political crisis and widespread protests.
Ecuador
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- Total Duration 0 minutes
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Past
National shutdown
National except Kurdish region
Iraq
- Start
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- Total Duration 7 days
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