Internet Shutdowns
Who Shuts Down the Internet the Most?
Based on 919 shutdowns we've tracked since 2018
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- Africa
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
- Oceania
Ongoing
12
ongoing shutdowns around the world
103
Internet shutdowns around the world since January 2025
14
countries have experienced a total or partial Internet shutdown since January 2025
Since January 2025, the world’s population has lost a total of
22,074 hours
of access to the Internet due to intentional disruptions.
Over the past 12 months, we estimate that
US $97,872,382
has been lost in combined GDP across all countries that have experienced Internet shutdowns
Shutdowns
June 2019
919 shutdowns
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Past
National shutdown
Cameroon
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- Total Duration 1 day
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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 Internet Services
Rakhine and Chin States
The disruption to internet services since June 21, 2019 has exacerbated an information blackout and increased difficulties for humanitarian agencies and human rights groups to assist vulnerable populations in the face of increased fighting in the area.
Myanmar
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- Total Duration 71 days
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Past
National shutdown
Ethiopia
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- Total Duration 13 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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