Past

National shutdown

Iraq has again experienced an exam-related Internet shutdown, the third such scheduled shut down by the government since 1 June 2023. As we have repeatedly written about here on Pulse, Internet shutdowns cause great harm to a country's economy and society, and are in our opinion NOT the appropriate mechanism to cope with potential exam cheating.

  • Total Duration 4 hours

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Local impact

Iraq has again experienced an exam-related Internet shutdown, the third such scheduled shut down by the government since 1 June 2023. As we have repeatedly written about here on Pulse, Internet shutdowns cause great harm to a country's economy and society, and are in our opinion NOT the appropriate mechanism to cope with potential exam cheating.

Other supporting information

IODA measurements show a drop in Internet connectivity in Iraq beginning around 1:00 UTC and resuming around 5:30 UTC.

Cloudflare Radar shows a similar outage, along with the two previous exam-related outages since 1 June.