Internet Shutdowns
Who Shuts Down the Internet the Most?
Based on 912 shutdowns we've tracked since 2018
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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
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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Past
Service blocking
Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram,Tout Sur l’Algérie and Algérie Part websites
Independent news websites Tout Sur l’Algérie and Algérie Part have been widely inaccessible within Algeria since June 12, according to local journalists and news reports. The apparently targeted disruption took place amid anti-government protests that have been ongoing for nearly four months, and began shortly before several social media services were blocked in a shutdown that local news reports said coincided with high school exams on June 16.
Algeria
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- Total Duration 4 days
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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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Past
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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Past
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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- Total Duration 0 minutes
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Past
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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Past
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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- Total Duration 0 minutes
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Past
Regional shutdown
Sopore area, Baramulla district, Jammu and Kashmir state
India
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- Total Duration 0 minutes
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