Internet Shutdowns

• Past

  National shutdown

  The shutdown has disrupted the local economy, including the country’s thriving IT sector, reportedly losing as much as $56 million each day during the outage. More than 2,000 investors, executives, and tech sector workers signed an open letter highlighting the impact of Internet restrictions on businesses.

  Belarus

  • Start 9 August 2020 00:00 UTC
  • End 11 August 2020 00:00 UTC
  • Total Duration 2 days
• Past

  Regional shutdown

  Al-Jawf

  Yemen

  • Start 7 August 2020 00:00 UTC
  • End 7 October 2021 00:00 UTC
  • Total Duration 426 days
• Past

  Regional shutdown

  Kulgam

  'Anantnag

  India

  • Start 7 August 2020 00:00 UTC
  • End 7 August 2020 00:00 UTC
  • Total Duration 0 minutes

July 2020

• Past

  National shutdown

  The government of Chad again restricted Chadians' access to social media platforms throughout July and August 2020, in an attempt to control the spread of what it called 'messages inciting hate'. Access to the wider Internet was also throttled (slowed down) or completely blocked across the country intermittently.

  Chad

  • Start 22 July 2020 00:00 UTC
  • End 18 August 2020 00:00 UTC
  • Total Duration 27 days
• Past

  Regional shutdown

  Amran, Saada, Sana’a and Al-Jawd Governorates

  Yemen

  • Start 22 July 2020 00:00 UTC
  • End 14 April 2021 00:00 UTC
  • Total Duration 266 days
• Past

  Regional shutdown

  Shopian

  Temporary suspension of Telecom Services due to Public Safety Issues in Shopian on 18 July 2020. Internet shutdowns during protests or civil unrest impact the ability of citizens to get accurate information from government sources when they need it most. It also becomes harder for citizens to contact family members and friends in other parts of the country, or in other countries.

  India

  • Start 18 July 2020 00:00 UTC
  • End 19 July 2020 00:00 UTC
  • Total Duration 1 day
• Past

  Regional shutdown

  in Jammu and Kashmir'

  'Kulgam District

  India

  • Start 17 July 2020 00:00 UTC
  • End 18 July 2020 00:00 UTC
  • Total Duration 1 day
• Past

  Regional shutdown

  Sindh (Karachi)

  Pakistan

  • Start 13 July 2020 14:00 UTC
  • End 13 July 2020 16:00 UTC
  • Total Duration 2 hours
• Past

  Regional shutdown

  in Jammu and Kashmir'

  'Anantnag

  India

  • Start 13 July 2020 00:00 UTC
  • End 13 July 2020 00:00 UTC
  • Total Duration 0 minutes
• Past

  National shutdown

  Syria

  • Start 12 July 2020 00:50 UTC
  • End 12 July 2020 05:30 UTC
  • Total Duration 4 hours