Internet Shutdowns
Who Shuts Down the Internet the Most?
Based on 920 shutdowns we've tracked since 2018
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Ongoing
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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
23,155 hours
of access to the Internet due to intentional disruptions.
Over the past 12 months, we estimate that
US $108,673,426
has been lost in combined GDP across all countries that have experienced Internet shutdowns
Shutdowns
June 2019
920 shutdowns
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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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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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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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Past
Regional shutdown
Sopore area, Baramulla district, Jammu and Kashmir state
India
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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
Khair Tehsil, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh state
In order to curb rumour mongering on social media in wake of the brutal murder of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl, the district administration on Monday suspended internet services in the Khair tehsil of Aligarh for 24 hours till midnight. As investigation into the case progress, the Tappal circle officer, Pankaj Srivastava, was also removed from his post by the SSP Aligarh
India
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- Total Duration 0 minutes
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National shutdown
Local businesses that rely on connectivity, such as tour operators, were either forced to close, or use VPN to connect to the Internet and access messaging platforms. Some resorted to using business centers at luxury hotels, which appear to still have Internet access. Popular taxi service ZayRide was also affected, leaving its drivers with no work for a week. Press reports, and a source speaking to TechCrunch on background, said Ethiopia’s internet stoppage was done to stop students from cheating on national exams, which took place this week.
Ethiopia
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- Total Duration 8 days
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