Internet Shutdowns

• Past

  Regional shutdown

  Kurdistan

  The Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq ordered Internet services to be suspended on the morning of 6 July 2025 between 6:30 and 7:45 local time (+3 UTC). This regional shutdown coincided with larger national shutdown covering all of Iraq, both are part of series of shutdowns during the public school exams, which is expected to happen every Sunday and Wednesday. The original schedule was set to end on 29 June, however, there were no exams in the week of 15 June as the government paused exams due to Israel-Iran war.

  Iraq

  • Start 6 July 2025 03:30 UTC
  • End 6 July 2025 04:45 UTC
  • Total Duration 1 hour
• Past

  National shutdown

  The Syrian government, and in a joint statement between the Ministry of Technology and Communication and the Ministry of Education, announced that they will cut off mobile telecommunications for the shortest time and geographical locations possible around exam time and locations. The statement mentioned that the government studied alternative measures, but none could be implemented in time for the exams, and that landline telephony and Internet are exempt from the shutdown, and users will compensated for the times of disruption.However, measurements are showing considerable fall in national Internet traffic during the times stated in the shutdown tables below, between 8:15 and 9:00 local time (+3 UTC) on 3 July 2025.

  Syria

  • Start 3 July 2025 05:15 UTC
  • End 3 July 2025 06:00 UTC
  • Total Duration 45 minutes
• Past

  National shutdown

  Iraqi authorities ordered Internet services to be suspended on the morning of 3 July 2025 between 6:00 and 7:45 local time (+3 UTC). This national shutdown is the latest in an expected series during the high school exams, the exams were initially scheduled to end on this day, but it was extended to 5 July.

  Iraq

  • Start 3 July 2025 03:00 UTC
  • End 3 July 2025 04:45 UTC
  • Total Duration 1 hour
• Past

  Regional shutdown

  Kurdistan

  The Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq ordered Internet services to be suspended on the morning of 2 July 2025 between 6:30 and 7:45 local time (+3 UTC). This regional shutdown coincided with larger national shutdown covering all of Iraq, both are part of series of shutdowns during the public school exams, which is expected to happen every Sunday and Wednesday. The original schedule was set to end on 29 June, however, there were no exams in the week of 15 June as the government paused exams due to Israel-Iran war.

  Iraq

  • Start 2 July 2025 03:30 UTC
  • End 2 July 2025 04:45 UTC
  • Total Duration 1 hour
• Past

  National shutdown

  Iraqi authorities ordered Internet services to be suspended on the morning of 1 July 2025 between 6:00 and 8:00 local time (+3 UTC). This national shutdown is the latest in an expected series during the high school exams, which last until 2 July.

  Iraq

  • Start 2 July 2025 03:00 UTC
  • End 2 July 2025 04:45 UTC
  • Total Duration 1 hour
• Past

  National shutdown

  Iraqi authorities ordered Internet services to be suspended on the morning of 1 July 2025 between 6:00 and 8:00 local time (+3 UTC). This national shutdown is the latest in an expected series during the high school exams, which last until 2 July.

  Iraq

  • Start 1 July 2025 03:00 UTC
  • End 1 July 2025 04:45 UTC
  • Total Duration 1 hour

June 2025

• Past

  National shutdown

  The Syrian government, and in a joint statement between the Ministry of Technology and Communication and the Ministry of Education, announced that they will cut off mobile telecommunications for the shortest time and geographical locations possible around exam time and locations. The statement mentioned that the government studied alternative measures, but none could be implemented in time for the exams, and that landline telephony and Internet are exempt from the shutdown, and users will compensated for the times of disruption.However, measurements are showing considerable fall in national Internet traffic during the times stated in the shutdown tables below, between 8:15 and 9:00 local time (+3 UTC) on 29 June 2025.

  Syria

  • Start 29 June 2025 05:15 UTC
  • End 29 June 2025 06:00 UTC
  • Total Duration 45 minutes
• Past

  National shutdown

  Iraqi authorities ordered Internet services to be suspended on the morning of 29 June 2025 between 6:00 and 8:00 local time (+3 UTC). This national shutdown is the latest in an expected series during the high school exams, which last until 2 July.

  Iraq

  • Start 29 June 2025 03:00 UTC
  • End 29 June 2025 05:00 UTC
  • Total Duration 2 hours
• Past

  National shutdown

  Iraqi authorities ordered Internet services to be suspended on the morning of 28 June 2025 between 6:00 and 8:00 local time (+3 UTC). This national shutdown is the latest in an expected series during the high school exams, which last until 2 July.

  Iraq

  • Start 28 June 2025 03:00 UTC
  • End 28 June 2025 05:00 UTC
  • Total Duration 2 hours
• Ongoing

  Service blocking

  Facebook, Signal, Telegram

  Amid political unrest in Togo, the government is limiting access to multiple services on the three major networks of the country, Yas Togo (TogoTelecom), CanalBox (GVA CanalBox), and Moov Togo (Atlantique Telecom).The affected services are mainly social media and instant messaging apps, including Facebook, Telegram, and Signal, as well as YouTube and DuckDuckGo.

  Togo

  • Start 26 June 2025 07:00 UTC
  • End Ongoing
  • Total Duration 12 days, 9 hours