Internet Shutdowns
Who Shuts Down the Internet the Most?
Based on 920 shutdowns we've tracked since 2018
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- Africa
- Americas
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- Europe
- Oceania
Ongoing
13
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
23,179 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
May 2019
920 shutdowns
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Past
Service blocking
Guangdong Province, Shanghai, Chongqing, and other places
The incident disrupted over one hundred services. Cisco reported that both users in China attempting to reach sites hosted external to China, as well as users outside of China trying to connect to sites hosted within China would have been impacted. China Telecom controls and manages infrastructure beyond the country’s borders, and also maintains global interconnects, peering with service providers in many locations around the world
China
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- Total Duration 11 days
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Past
Regional shutdown
Public Wifi
London Metro
Police have shut down the public's access to wifi on the London Underground in an attempt to disrupt planned protests by climate protesters.
United Kingdom
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- Total Duration 0 minutes
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Past
Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet Services
Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir
A Kashmiri militant was among three militants who were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said. "Three terrorists have been killed in Panzgam operation. Weapons and war-like stores were recovered," Defence Ministry Spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said. "Bodies of three militants have been recovered," a police officer added. The slain Kashmiri militant was identified as Showkat Ahmad Dar, a resident of the same village, where the operation was conducted. Authorities have suspended mobile Internet services in the area. Train services between Srinagar and Bannihil town of Jammu region have also been suspended.
India
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Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet Services
Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir
Mobile Internet was suspended in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on FRiday soon after the security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Hathlangoo village.
India
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Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet Services
Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir
It was a clash between terrorists and security forces that resulted in the death of three terrorists. Two soldiers and one civilian were injured. Protesters rose up, and internet access was also suspended.
India
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Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet Services
Doda, Jammu and Kashmir
Curfew continued in Bhaderwah town and its outskirts and mobile internet services remained suspended across Doda district for a second day on Friday. However, no untoward incident was reported from any place.
India
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- Total Duration 8 days
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Past
Service blocking
Instagram, Periscope
Temporary yet persistent blocks to social media sites and independent news outlets have impacted reporting of the ongoing crisis in the country, with many Venezuelans relying on relatives abroad to send them news on the unrest. The government has blocked many news websites since 2018, leaving locals to rely on messaging apps like Whatsapp and Telegram to stay informed. Journalists and news websites have started channels on Telegram and initiatives like Public Information Service, which pushes one-minute audio recordings of the day’s top news through WhatsApp groups. Some locals lament that limited connectivity has restricted their ability to confirm the information they receive.
Venezuela
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- Total Duration 0 minutes
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Past
National shutdown
Iraq
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- Total Duration 7 days
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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
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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