Apagón nacional
The government of Mauritania shut down mobile Internet access on Wednesday, 1 June, after protests erupted around the country after the death of a young man, Omar Diop, in police custody. Fixed-lined connectivity continues to be available. Press reports indicate that this outage may go on for a couple of days, but we have not yet identified an official government statement.
- Duración total 6 days, 12 hours
Mauritania
- Población
- 5 169 395
- Clasificación ONU
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- País menos desarrollado
Impacto local
El gobierno de Mauritania cerró el acceso a Internet móvil el miércoles 1 de junio, después de que estallaran protestas en todo el país tras la muerte de un joven, Omar Diop, bajo custodia policial. La conectividad por línea fija sigue estando disponible. Los informes de prensa indican que este corte podría prolongarse durante un par de días, pero aún no hemos identificado una declaración oficial del gobierno.
Otra información complementaria
Cloudflare Radar muestra la caída del tráfico de Internet para las redes móviles de MATTEL(AS37508) y CHINGUITEL(AS37541).
Además, el Informe de Transparencia de Google muestra un descenso del tráfico de búsqueda.
El cierre también fue visible en IODA
Redes sociales
#KeepItOn #Mauritania
— Louisa Esther (@MLouisaE) June 1, 2023
The West African country is yet again in blackout amidst protests over police violence that recently killed a family father. Protestors are shot at.
[Developing story as we gather information and try to get it out.]
#Mauritania: IPI calls on authorities to stop shutting down the internet, respect the right to access information. May 31 marked the 2nd time authorities disrupted the internet in the space of 3 months this year.https://t.co/izkuAtsCpF
— IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media (@globalfreemedia) June 1, 2023
The #Iraq government has shut down the #Internet for 9th grade #exams today, June 1st. The #shutdown lasted 4 hours. Exams and shutdowns will continue through July.
— IODA (@IODA_live) June 1, 2023
Follow Iraq Internet connectivity in near realtime:https://t.co/kIkBCZtMMB#keepiton pic.twitter.com/sq6mkailF4
Following unrest erupted over the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, OONI data collected from #Senegal shows that access to social media and messaging platforms was blocked by timing out TLS handshakes.
— OONI (@OpenObservatory) June 2, 2023
Monitor the blocks through OONI data: https://t.co/BDu1EcXs68 pic.twitter.com/nHCVHIoLha
https://www.reddit.com/r/CloudFlare/comments/13xityg/mobile_networks_shut_down_in_mauritania/
A week later, Internet connectivity remains shut down on AS37541 (Chinguitel) and AS37508 (Mattel).https://t.co/sF42HaFSPghttps://t.co/FdDk1aWn3u pic.twitter.com/7Qvmcs81b4
— Cloudflare Radar (@CloudflareRadar) June 6, 2023