Internet Shutdowns
Who Shuts Down the Internet the Most?
Based on 912 shutdowns we've tracked since 2018
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- Africa
- Americas
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Ongoing
12
ongoing shutdowns around the world
97
Internet shutdowns around the world since January 2025
15
countries have experienced a total or partial Internet shutdown since January 2025
Since January 2025, the world’s population has lost a total of
24,064 hours
of access to the Internet due to intentional disruptions.
Over the past 12 months, we estimate that
US $90,028,097
has been lost in combined GDP across all countries that have experienced Internet shutdowns
Shutdowns
June 2019
912 shutdowns
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Past
National shutdown
Internet services were reportedly disrupted in Iran during the evening of Wednesday, 26 June 2019.
Iran
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- Total Duration 2 hours
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Past
National shutdown
Internet Services
According to a report by global Internet watchdog Netblocks, Mauritania went into a near-complete Internet blackout following contested presidential elections held on Saturday, 25th June. A real-time network measurement by Netblocks showed that the country had been disconnected with widespread mobile and fixed-line Internet disruptions amidst the election controversy.
Mauritania
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- Total Duration 9 days
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Past
Regional shutdown
Internet Services
Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir
Four terrorists were killed in an encounter which broke out in Daramdora Keegam area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian District on Sunday. As per the reports, the exchange of fire between militants and security forces is still underway. As a precautionary measure authorities have suspended mobile Internet services in Shopian district.
India
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- Total Duration 13 hours
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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
National shutdown
Cameroon
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- Total Duration 1 day
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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
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
National shutdown
Algeria
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- Total Duration 5 days
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