Iraq has again experienced its second government-scheduled exam-related Internet shutdown 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.
End4 June 2023 8:30 a.m.
Total Duration 4 hours
Iraq
Population
45,074,049
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as
Partly Free
Iraq has again experienced its second government-scheduled exam-related Internet shutdown 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 on 4 June beginning around 1:00 UTC and resuming around 5:30 UTC, similar to the first shutdown on 1 June.
Cloudflare Radar shows a similar outage, along with the first exam-related outage on 1 June.
Social media
The 2nd scheduled #Internet shutdown in #Iraq intended to prevent cheating on exams started at 0100 UTC.