Internet Shutdowns
Who Shuts Down the Internet the Most?
Based on 947 shutdowns we've tracked since 2018
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ongoing shutdowns around the world
Internet shutdowns around the world since June 2025
countries have experienced a total or partial Internet shutdown since June 2025
of Internet access have been lost by the the world’s population since June 2025, due to intentional disruptions.
Shutdowns
March 2019
947 shutdowns
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Past
Regional shutdown
Internet Services
Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir
In the backdrop of a brief shootout at Kujar Yaripora village of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, mobile internet services have been suspended in the district for “precautionary measures”.
India
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Hajjour regions
Yemen
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Tral, Jammu and Kashmir
India
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Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet Service
Handwara, Jammu and Kashmir
The mobile internet service in Handwara has been suspended as a precautionary measure to prevent spread of rumours after militant killed in kupwara in north Kashmir encounter operation on.
India
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Regional shutdown
Mir Mohalla, Jammu and Kashmir
India
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Regional shutdown
Bordj Menaiel, parts of the capital, and Tizi Ouzou
The shutdown disrupted the operations of local businesses, including transport firms and several banks, with entrepreneurs lamenting the inconvenience it had caused.
Algeria
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Regional shutdown
Internet Services
Srinagar, Islamabad, Shopian, Pulwama and Kulgam districts of south Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir
The suspension of Internet services in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir was decided as a “preventive” measure following the Home Ministry's ban on the Jama'at-e-Islami (JeI) group and the restrictions imposed in certain areas of Kashmir. The aim was to reduce the risk of unrest and maintain law and order following the announcement of the ban and the implementation of restrictions in areas such as Srinagar, Anantnag and other districts of South Kashmir.
India
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Regional shutdown
Internet Service
Handwara and Sopore, north Kashmir
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February 2019
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Regional shutdown
Internet Mobile
Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
The Army staged a flag march while the authorities clamped prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC and suspended internet services in violence-hit Arunachal Pradesh capital Itanagar on Saturday.
India
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- Total Duration 6 days
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Service blocking
Facebook, WhatsApp
Rajouri and Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir
Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC were issued and mobile internet services suspended in Jammu and Kashmir’s border districts of Rajouri and Poonch after some unidentified masked men set fire to two shops and two vehicles in Mendhar town of Poonch district in the early hours of Saturday.
India
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