Internet Shutdowns
Who Shuts Down the Internet the Most?
Based on 912 shutdowns we've tracked since 2018
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- 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
24,095 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
May 2019
912 shutdowns
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Past
Service blocking
Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, Viber, Snapchat, Facebook Messenger
Sri Lanka has banned social media again following a reported flare-up in religious tensions, three weeks after a series of suicide bombings rocked the country.Facebook (FB) and its mobile messaging platform WhatsApp were both blocked on Monday, as was another popular messaging app, Viber, a senior Sri Lankan government official said.The platforms were blocked to prevent “social unrest via hate messages and false information,” Nalaka Kaluwewa, director general of the country’s Department of Government Information, told CNN.
Sri Lanka
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- Total Duration 3 days, 23 hours
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Past
Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet Services
Bandipora, Jammu and Kashmir
Police have constituted a special investigation team to investigate the alleged rape case of a 3-year-old girl in Bandipora district on May 8. Police have already arrested the accused. The mobile internet was suspended Sunday evening in thedistrict to prevent rumour mongering. A police official said the services were suspended as lot ofpictures, videos and “fake messages” were being shared on various social mediaplatforms.
India
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Past
Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet Services
Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar, May 12 (UNI) Two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, including a cop, who deserted police last year, were killed by security forces in an encounter which ensued during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Shopian district in south Kashmir, official sources said. Mobile internet service has been suspended in Shopian as a precautionary measure to prevent spread of rumours.
India
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- Total Duration 0 minutes
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Past
Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet Services
Hailakandi, Barak Vally, Assam
An uneasy calm prevailed in Assam’s restive Hailakandi town in Barak Valley where prohibitory orders, clamped under Section 144 of the CrPC, have been extended by 24 hours and mobile internet services suspended on Saturday.
India
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- Total Duration 3 days
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Past
Regional shutdown
Internet Services
Sopore area of Baramulla district, Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir
A shutdown is being observed in Sopore area of Baramulla district against the killing of a local militant in Amshipora-Ramnagri village of Shopian on Friday early morning. Reports said that soon after the news of the killing of rumoured militant identified as Ishfaq Ahmad Sofi, a resident of Model Town Sopore spread, all the shops, educational institutes and other business establishments remained shut in the town. However, authorities are yet to identify the slain militant. Following the episode, internet services were also suspended in the area for precautionary measures.
India
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- Total Duration 1 day
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Past
Service blocking
Twitter, Instagram, Telegram, YouTube
well as news and campaign websites on 9 May 2019, according to NetBlocks internet observatory network measurements. The restrictions appear to have come into place after dissident groups called for demonstrations to take place on May 9, as Kazakhstan and former Soviet states commemorate their World War II victory.
Kazakhstan
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- Total Duration 10 days
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Past
Service blocking
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, Viber, Snapchat, Facebook Messenger
Several Social Media websites including Facebook and WhatsApp seem blocked in Sri Lanka again probably to avoid Fake News and spread of hate speech following #Negombo tense situation #LKA#SriLanka
Sri Lanka
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- Total Duration 10 hours
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Past
Service blocking
Twitter, Instagram, Periscope
Venezuela
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- Total Duration 0 minutes
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Past
Regional shutdown
Internet Services
Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir
Authorities on Saturday suspended the internet services in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district following an encounter between the government forces and militants at Aripal Tral area of Pulwama district. Reports said that soon after the news of an encounter spread, the internet services in the district were restricted by the authorities. An official said that the service has been suspended for the “precautionary measures”.
India
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- Total Duration 4 days, 9 hours
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Past
Regional shutdown
Internet Services
South Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir
Shopian: One militant has been killed in an encounter that rages between Government forces and militants in Imam Sahib area of Shopian on Friday early morning. An official told KNO that one militant was killed in an encounter so far that raged in Adkhara area of Imam Sahib in Shopian and operation is on.
India
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- Total Duration 4 days
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