Service blocking
Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, X (Formerly Twitter), YouTube
OONI data shows high anomalies in connecting to social media and messaging services in Bangladesh. This new data, combined with local reports, suggest that these services are being blocked again less than four days after they returned to normal. This new service-blocking event follows reports of a new Internet shutdown event in the country amidst renewed protests against the current government. [Update 6 Aug] OONI data shows that connectivity to social media and messaging services started to return to normal on 5 August, with low or no anomalies recorded on 6 August.
- Total Duration 1 day
Bangladesh
- Population
- 171,466,990
- UN Classification
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- Least Developed Country
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free
Local impact
OONI data shows high anomalies in connecting to social media and messaging services in Bangladesh. This new data, combined with local reports, suggest that these services are being blocked again less than four days after they returned to normal. This new service-blocking event follows reports of a new Internet shutdown event in the country amidst renewed protests against the current government. [Update 6 Aug] OONI data shows that connectivity to social media and messaging services started to return to normal on 5 August, with low or no anomalies recorded on 6 August.
Related documentation
No cause documentation has been made apparent thus far.
Other supporting information
[Update 6 August]
OONI data (below) shows fewer anomalies in Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter services on 5 August and hardly any on 6 August. Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegraph data share a similar pattern.
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[Update 5 August]
OONI data suggests that Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter services have begun to be blocked again after services resumed normal operations on 31 July.
Testing since shows that most measurements for www.facebook.com for across all networks tested in Bangladesh have resulted in anomalies (signals of potential censorship) and has come to include other Meta services, including Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp, as well as other social media (X), messenging (Signal and Telegram) and video sharing (YouTube) services.
Social media
Mobile internet, along with popular social media and messaging platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp, are once again blocked in Bangladesh amid escalating violence that has cost dozens of lives.#Bangladesh #Facebook #Whatsapp #Communication #NewsUpdateshttps://t.co/NkvB02Z6XZ — The Daily Star (@dailystarnews) August 5, 2024