National shutdown
Iraq has again experienced an exam-related Internet shutdown, the third such scheduled shut down by the government since 1 June 2023. As we have repeatedly written about here on Pulse, Internet shutdowns cause great harm to a country's economy and society, and are in our opinion NOT the appropriate mechanism to cope with potential exam cheating.
- Total Duration 4 hours
Iraq
- Population
- 45,074,049
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free
Local impact
Iraq has again experienced an exam-related Internet shutdown, the third such scheduled shut down by the government since 1 June 2023. As we have repeatedly written about here on Pulse, Internet shutdowns cause great harm to a country's economy and society, and are in our opinion NOT the appropriate mechanism to cope with potential exam cheating.
Other supporting information
IODA measurements show a drop in Internet connectivity in Iraq beginning around 1:00 UTC and resuming around 5:30 UTC.
Cloudflare Radar shows a similar outage, along with the two previous exam-related outages since 1 June.
estimated negative impact on national economy
Shutdown history
- 46shutdowns in the last 12 months
- 113 shutdowns since 2019
- 3,974 shutdown hours since 2019
Community coverage
https://twitter.com/IODA_live/status/1665916355302899713?s=20