Fermeture d'Internet

At the request of the Syrian Ministry of Education, the Internet in Syria was suspended on the morning of 30 July 2024, between 7:00 and 10:15 local time (+3 UTC) ahead of the second round of high school exams as per announcement by Syria Telecom. The company issued a schedule for the Internet and telecommunication services shutdown. Along with this shutdown event, mobile telecommunication is also scheduled to be shut off between 9:00 and 10:15 local time (+3 UTC). The first shutdown event in this series happend on 25 July. The #KeepItOn coalition, which the Internet Society is a member, recently urged Syrian and other authorities to abstain from implementing Internet shutdowns during exams, noting the lack of evidence demonstrating their impact on exam cheating, the economic cost of shutdowns on countries, and their violation of human rights. Since 2019, Syria has ordered multiple Internet shutdowns, all related to exams.

At the request of the Syrian Ministry of Education, the Internet in Syria was suspended on the morning of 29 July 2024, between 7:00 and 9:45 local time (+3 UTC) ahead of the second day of the third round of high school exams as per the announcement by Syria Telecom. The company issued a schedule for the Internet and telecommunication services shut down. Along with this shutdown event, mobile telecommunication is also scheduled to be shut off between 9:00 and 9:45 local time (+3 UTC). The first shutdown event in this series happend on 25 July. The #KeepItOn coalition, which the Internet Society is a member, recently urged Syrian and other authorities to abstain from implementing Internet shutdowns during exams, noting the lack of evidence demonstrating their impact on exam cheating, the economic cost of shutdowns on countries, and their violation of human rights. Since 2019, Syria has ordered multiple Internet shutdowns, all related to exams.

At the request of the Syrian Ministry of Education, the Internet in Syria was suspended on the morning of 28 July 2024, between 7:00 and 10:30 local time (+3 UTC) ahead of the second day of the second round of high school exams as per announcement by Syria Telecom. The company issued a schedule for the Internet and telecommunication services shutdown. Along with this shutdown event, mobile telecommunication is also scheduled to be shut off between 9:00 and 10:30 local time (+3 UTC). The first shutdown event in this series happend on 25 July. The #KeepItOn coalition, which the Internet Society is a member, recently urged Syrian and other authorities to abstain from implementing Internet shutdowns during exams, noting the lack of evidence demonstrating their impact on exam cheating, the economic cost of shutdowns on countries, and their violation of human rights. Since 2019, Syria has ordered multiple Internet shutdowns, all related to exams.

At the request of the Syrian Ministry of Education, the Internet in Syria was suspended on the morning of 25 July 2024, between 7:00 and 10:30 local time (+3 UTC) ahead of the first day of the second round of high school exams as per announcement by Syria Telecom. The company issued a schedule for the Internet and telecommunication services shutdown. Along with this shutdown event, mobile telecommunication is also scheduled to be shut off between 9:00 and 10:30 local time (+3 UTC). The #KeepItOn coalition, which the Internet Society is a member, recently urged Syrian and other authorities to abstain from implementing Internet shutdowns during exams, noting the lack of evidence demonstrating their impact on exam cheating, the economic cost of shutdowns on countries, and their violation of human rights. Syria ordered multiple Internet shutdowns, all related to exams.

Les autorités de Nuh ont ordonné la suspension des services Internet et SMS pendant 24 heures à partir de 18 heures, heure locale, le 21 juillet. Ces ordres ont été émis par le secrétaire général adjoint Anurag Rastogi afin d'éviter toute perturbation de la paix et de l'ordre public dans le district de Nuh, dans le cadre de la prosession Brajmandal Jalabhishek Shobha Yatra qui se déroulera le lundi 22 juillet. Selon un rapport, le commissaire adjoint de Nuh, Dhirendra Khadgata, a déclaré que les exemptions ont été accordées pour les SMS personnels, les recharges de téléphones portables, les SMS bancaires, les appels vocaux, l'Internet à large bande pour les entreprises et les particuliers, et l'Internet par ligne louée.

[MISE À JOUR - 23 juillet 2024 - 13:00 UTC] - La connectivité revient progressivement au Bangladesh. (Après 5 jours, notre calculateur NetLoss estime que cette coupure a coûté à l'économie du Bangladesh plus de 21 965 222 USD. Les données et les rapports montrent que l'Internet mobile a été coupé dans une grande partie du Bangladesh en raison des protestations contre le gouvernement. Les médias rapportent que la plupart des protestations ont lieu autour de la capitale, Dhaka, et qu'elles sont liées aux quotas et aux règles de recrutement dans la fonction publique. Les protestations contre les pratiques d'embauche sont en cours depuis plusieurs jours, mais se sont intensifiées au cours des derniers jours. Cloudflare Radar et IODA ont tous deux montré que la perturbation de la connectivité Internet a commencé par les réseaux mobiles tôt le 18 juillet et a progressé jusqu'à une perte totale de connectivité dans le pays vers 15h00 UTC. Le gouvernement du Bangladesh a confirmé qu'il avait ordonné cette fermeture. Plus de 40 organisations de la société civile membres de la coalition KeepItOn ont signé une lettre appelant le gouvernement du Bangladesh à rétablir la connectivité Internet. L'Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) indique qu'il a constaté le blocage de sites de médias sociaux depuis le 16 juillet. Si vous vous trouvez au Bangladesh, vous pouvez tester la connectivité Internet en exécutant l'application mobile de l'OONI sur votre appareil mobile. Si la fermeture se poursuit, notre calculateur NetLoss estime que l'économie du Bangladesh subira une perte de plus de 3 500 000 USD par jour. Pour en savoir plus sur l'infrastructure Internet du Bangladesh, consultez notre rapport national.

Data and reports show that mobile Internet has been shut down in parts of Pakistan's Punjab region during the religious festival of Muharram. Media reports state that mobile services include not only mobile Internet but network calls and SMS texts with a focus in specific areas along procession routes and venues hosting religious gatherings (majalis). These events follow the Punjab government's request to suspended mobile Internet services and popular social media services from 13 to 17 July. Reports suggest that mobile Internet services were already partially suspended on Sunday 14 July in certain areas of Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Jhang, Bahawalpur, and Bahawalnagar.

[Update 2 August] According to OONI data, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter services started to resume normal operations on 31 July, with no anomalies recorded on 1 August. [Update 28 July] There are reports that Facebook is being blocked in Bangladesh, coinciding with the protests against a quota system for jobs in the public sector in Dhaka. Initial data from OONI (see report) suggests the block is only for Facebook and was in place from 16 July. Facebook and all Internet services were subsequently unreachable during the five and a half day Internet shutdown from 18 to 25 July. Following the shutdown, OONI testing shows that Facebook is still being blocked as are other Meta services, including Facebook Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp.OONI notes that its testing suggested "potential temporary blocking of WhatsApp on 17th July 2024 between 7:00 to 9:00 am UTC. More specifically...attempted connections to WhatsApp’s registration service and WhatsApp Web failed, resulting in connection reset errors." Since July 24 there have also been increases in anomalies (signals of potential censorship) for tests to Signal, Telegram, X (formerly Twitter), and YouTube. No cause documentation has been made apparent thus far.    

Iraqi Kurdistan regional authorities ordered Internet services to be suspended again on the morning of  14 July 2024, between 6:00 and 8:00 local time (+3 UTC). The shutdown comes on exam days as part of its efforts to prevent cheating. In an open letter to the Prime Minister of Iraq, the #KeepItOn coalition, which the Internet Society is a member, recently urged authorities to abstain from implementing Internet shutdowns during exams. The letter notes the lack of evidence demonstrating their impact on exam cheating, the economic cost of shutdowns on the country, and their violation of human rights.