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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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
21,505 hours
of access to the Internet due to intentional disruptions.
Over the past 12 months, we estimate that
US $74,516,479
has been lost in combined GDP across all countries that have experienced Internet shutdowns
Shutdowns
June 2019
908 shutdowns
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Past
National shutdown
Cameroon
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- Total Duration 1 day
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Past
National shutdown
Ethiopia
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- Total Duration 13 days
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Past
National shutdown
Internet Services
An internet shutdown has been in force across Ethiopia since Saturday, after a group of soldiers staged a failed coup in Amhara state, the birthplace of many of Ethiopia’s emperors as well as its national language, Amharic. The outage has frustrated citizens who rely on online services for information and for conducting business in one of sub-Saharan Africa’s fastest-growing economies.
Ethiopia
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- Total Duration 61 days
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Past
Regional shutdown
Mobile Data
Rakhine
Myanmar’s Ministry of Transport and Communications ordered mobile phone operators to ‘stop mobile internet traffic’ in nine townships in Rakhine State and Chin State due to ‘disturbances of peace and use of internet services to coordinate illegal activities’.
Myanmar
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- Total Duration 592 days
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Past
National shutdown
Algeria
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- Total Duration 5 days
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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
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- Total Duration 0 minutes
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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.
India
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- Total Duration 12 hours
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Past
Service blocking
Twitter, Instagram
Data from the NetBlocks internet observatory show that Venezuela’s state-run internet provider ABA CANTV (AS8048) and private internet provider Supercable (AS22313) have restricted access to Twitter and Instagram as of 4:30 p.m. UTC (12:30 p.m. VET) Tuesday 18 June 2019 during the live streaming of a session of the Venezuelan National Assembly. In the session, parliamentarians are expected to address topics including the release of political prisoner Gilber Caro and plan a response to cases of alleged embezzlement in Cúcuta.
Venezuela
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- Total Duration 0 minutes
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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
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- Total Duration 15 hours
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Past
Service blocking
Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram,Tout Sur l’Algérie and Algérie Part websites
Independent news websites Tout Sur l’Algérie and Algérie Part have been widely inaccessible within Algeria since June 12, according to local journalists and news reports. The apparently targeted disruption took place amid anti-government protests that have been ongoing for nearly four months, and began shortly before several social media services were blocked in a shutdown that local news reports said coincided with high school exams on June 16.
Algeria
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- Total Duration 4 days
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