Internet Shutdowns
Who Shuts Down the Internet the Most?
Based on 924 shutdowns we've tracked since 2018
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Ongoing
14
ongoing shutdowns around the world
103
Internet shutdowns around the world since March 2025
15
countries have experienced a total or partial Internet shutdown since March 2025
Since March 2025, the world’s population has lost a total of
19,344 hours
of access to the Internet due to intentional disruptions.
Over the past 12 months, we estimate that
US $170,585,189
has been lost in combined GDP across all countries that have experienced Internet shutdowns
Shutdowns
September 2019
924 shutdowns
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Past
Regional shutdown
Internet Services
Refugee Camps in Cox Bazar district and peninsula adjoining the Naf River
Internet restrictions imposed on camp locations in Teknaf and Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar limited communications and access to information for nearly one million Rohingya refugees, and prevented humanitarian and aid organizations from providing assistance, including emergency services to those residing in the camps. One aid worker speaking to Human Rights Watch said the shutdown kept them from corresponding with refugees on emergency infrastructure repairs during the monsoon season. The shutdown extended to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. An open letter signed by 50 humanitarian organisations for the Bangladesh government pointed out that it restricted the ability of aid groups to coordinate preventive measures, deliver information about the coronavirus to refugees, refer patients to isolation facilities, and conduct ‘contact tracing’ to prevent its spread – activities that are slow and risks further exposure to the virus if done in person. Aid workers, health volunteers and community leaders rely on Whatsapp to communicate with and provide updates to refugees and each other. The Internet blackout had impeded timely intervention to stop the spread of measles in the camps in January 2020, leaving a dozen children dead. It has likewise prevented refugees from communicating, and receiving news on conditions in Rakhine State from their loved ones who are still in Myanmar.
Bangladesh
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- Total Duration 354 days
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Past
Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet Services
Faisalabad, Jhang, Multan, Rahimyar Khan, Lahore Karachi & Islamabad
As the Shias will observe their most important ritual, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on Sunday said mobile phone services would remain suspended on the Monday and Tuesday, besides heightening security in specified areas of all cities across the country
Pakistan
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- Total Duration 2 days
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Past
Regional shutdown
Internet Services
Azad Kashmir
In parts of Azad Kashmir, internet access has been cut as of 7th of September 2019 amid protests against India’s revocation of Article 370. Data show that PTCL networks were shut in Kashmir on multiple dates through August and the longest of these disruptions continues at the time of writing.
Pakistan
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Past
Regional shutdown
Curfew style downgrading of 3G and 4G internet from 5pm until 6am
Refugee Camps in Cox Bazar district and peninsula adjoining the Naf River
The order cut Internet services off completely in camps where Rohingya refugees were residing, and restricted the sale of mobile phones, SIM cards and services to Rohingya refugees. Blocking Internet access in areas where a humanitarian crisis is in full swing has detrimental consequences on aid agencies who need reliable access to coordinate, on the refugees themselves, many of whom depend on the Internet to communicate with loved ones and receive financial support from relatives around the world, and the local population in the areas where the Internet is being restricted.
Bangladesh
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- Total Duration 7 days
August 2019
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Past
National shutdown
Iraq
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- Total Duration 6 days
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Past
Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet Services
Gangapur City, Sawai Madhopur District, Rajasthan
The administration has suspended mobile interest services in Gangapur City of Sawaimadhopur district after communal tension broke out in the city on Sunday. The administration has also imposed section 144 of CrPC banning gathering of five or more people.
India
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- Total Duration 1 day
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Past
Regional shutdown
Other modes of communications including phone lines disrupted
Papua, West Papua
Indonesia has blocked internet access in West Papua, a move that followed the government deployment of additional military and police personnel to the region to help to quell ongoing protests and secure vital public facilities.
Indonesia
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- Total Duration 15 days
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Past
Regional shutdown
Internet Services
Azad Kashmir.
Pakistan has shut down internet access in Azad Kashmir as of amid widening protests against Article370 revocation;
Pakistan
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- Total Duration 0 minutes
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Past
Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet Services
Jaipur city, Rajasthan state
Mobile internet services were suspended in 10 police stations of Jaipur to prevent spread of rumors after a clash between two groups, following an attack on a bus carrying pilgrims, reports the Hindustan Times. Internet has been suspended in Ramganj and Galta Gate police stations. According to the report, some people pelted a carrying Kanwariyas, and 20 buses were damaged in the situation. India Today reports the police as saying that they have identified 3 people who were spreading rumours on social media that people were being forced to say ‘Jai Shri Ram’, but this didn’t happen. Others involved in spreading the rumour are being pursued, per the report.
India
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- Total Duration 1 day
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Regional shutdown
Internet Services
Kargil town, Jammu and Kashmir
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the country in the wake of Centre’s decisions on abrogating provisions of Article 370 for Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcation the state into two union territories. He said the decision to scrap Article 370 will usher a new era of development in Jammu and Kashmir. He also urged industries to come and invest in the region. Meanwhile, internet services in Kargil have been interrupted after massive protests throughout the day, Earlier in the day, the Samjhauta Express arrived in India after Pakistan had stopped it earlier in the day. India had sent a train engine along with crew members to escort stranded passengers from Pakistan.
India
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