Internet Shutdowns
Who Shuts Down the Internet the Most?
Based on 908 shutdowns we've tracked since 2018
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Ongoing
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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
21,510 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
Service blocking
Facebook, Other social media platforms
Eritrea
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- Total Duration 10 days
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Regional shutdown
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.
India
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- Total Duration 19 hours
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Regional shutdown
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.
India
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Regional shutdown
Sopore area, Baramulla district, Jammu and Kashmir state
India
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Regional shutdown
Internet Services
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.
India
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Service blocking
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
Multiple internet providers in Kazakhstan blocked access to online streaming services as well as totally cutting the internet access for most users, two days following presidential elections; according to NetBlocks internet observatory network measurements.
Kazakhstan
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- Total Duration 1 day
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National shutdown
Local businesses that rely on connectivity, such as tour operators, were either forced to close, or use VPN to connect to the Internet and access messaging platforms. Some resorted to using business centers at luxury hotels, which appear to still have Internet access. Popular taxi service ZayRide was also affected, leaving its drivers with no work for a week. Press reports, and a source speaking to TechCrunch on background, said Ethiopia’s internet stoppage was done to stop students from cheating on national exams, which took place this week.
Ethiopia
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- Total Duration 8 days
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Regional shutdown
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
India
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Service blocking
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Streaming services
ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Reports from Kazakhstan say authorities have been arresting demonstrators in some districts of the country's largest city, Almaty, after hundreds of people gathered to protest the official results of the June 9 presidential election. Internet access in the two cities was reported to be extremely slow, preventing live streaming and making it very difficult to read social media sites.
Kazakhstan
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- Total Duration 19 hours
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Regional shutdown
Internet Services
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.
India
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