NetBlocks

⚠️ Confirmed: Analysis shows a decline in internet traffic in #Cuba corresponding to an electricity grid collapse that has left millions without power. The incident comes as the island faces dwindling energy supplies amid a US oil blockade and operations in Venezuela 🪫 #apagón

⚠️ Update: Congo-Brazzaville remains partially offline as votes are counted after elections held under an near-total internet blackout. The pattern continues to match the schedule of restrictions used during past elections.

⚠️ Update: The internet blackout in #Iran is entering its 17th day after 384 hours. Over the last day a decline has been tracked in reserved telecoms network infrastructure, further reducing VPN availability and sending some whitelisted users and NIN services offline.

⚠️ Update: Two full weeks have now passed since #Iran fell into digital darkness amid a regime-imposed internet blackout.

The public remain isolated from the outside world with only a limited domestic intranet after 336 hours while state-approved accounts get whitelisted access.

⚠️ Update: #Iran's wartime internet blackout has entered its 14th day with connectivity still at 1% of ordinary levels after 312 hours.

As authentic voices are silenced and civilians are left without vital updates, a steady flow of regime-approved content fills the void.

⚠️ Update: Metrics show the internet blackout in #Iran has entered its thirteenth day with the incident surpassing 288 hours.

The regime's measure presents a direct risk to the safety, health, and security of civilians who have a right to receive information needed for survival.

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout is entering its twelfth day after 264 hours with connectivity still at 1% of ordinary levels.

Meanwhile, the regime's spokesperson has confirmed observations pointing to a whitelisting system, stating that only the approved are given a voice.

⚠️ Update: At 240 hours, #Iran's internet blackout is now among the most severe government-imposed nationwide internet shutdowns on record globally, and the second longest registered in Iran after the January protests, with the country having spent a third of 2026 offline.

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has entered its tenth day with connectivity at 1% of ordinary levels after the 216th hour.

As regional hostilities intensify, some 90 million Iranians are silenced and cut off from the global internet under a state-imposed shutdown.

200 hours.

⚠️ Update: It's Sunday morning in #Iran where the internet blackout continues into its second week, with the incident entering its ninth day at hour 192.

Though technical infrastructure remains operational, only a heavily controlled domestic intranet is available to residents.

⚠️ Update: A full week has now passed since #Iran fell into digital darkness under a regime-imposed national internet blackout.

The measure remains in place at hour 168, leaving the public isolated without vital updates and alerts while officials and state media retain access.

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has now exceeded 120 hours with connectivity still flatlining around 1% of ordinary levels.

Meanwhile, an increasingly Orwellian environment is emerging as telcos threaten users who try to connect to the global internet with legal action.

ℹ️ Note: As Iran threatens to declare war on Northern Iraq amid reports of a Kurdish military buildup, network data show connectivity in the area has been diminished since conflict onset on 28 February, corresponding to power issues after gas field closures for staff safety.

⚠️ Update: #Iran has now been offline for 100 hours. Metrics show internet connectivity flatlining at 1% of ordinary levels as the regional conflict escalates.

The regime-imposed blackout is the second this year and follows the shutdown in January when thousands were killed.

ℹ️ Note: Social media platform Facebook is currently experiencing international outages; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #FacebookDown

⚠️ Update: Metrics show #Iran remains offline more than 84 hours into a regime-imposed internet blackout.

Access to the open internet is a lifeline in times of crisis and the shutdown shows a disregard for the public's right to stay informed and engage in their country's future.

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has entered its fourth day, with the national censorship measure now in place for over 72 hours.

The silencing of authentic Iranian voices is fueling a surge in misinformation as pro-regime accounts fill the void with their own narrative.

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has now passed the 60-hour mark.

The incident leaves the people cut off from the world without access to sources of information vital for safety and situational awareness, and out of touch with loved ones abroad as the conflict escalates.

⚠️ Update: #Iran has now been cut off from the world for 36 hours with metrics showing connectivity at 1% of ordinary levels.

The internet blackout imposed on Saturday morning continues to limit Iranians' access to information as the war with the US and Israel widens regionally.

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show #Iran is now in the midst of a near-total internet blackout with national connectivity at 4% of ordinary levels. The incident comes amid US and Israeli combat operations and matches measures used during last year's war with Israel.

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show multiple online platforms are now restricted in #Gabon after the High Authority for Communication (HAC) announced the immediate suspension of social media in the country, citing its use to disseminate "inappropriate" content among other grievances

ℹ️ Note: Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) is currently experiencing international outages; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown

⚠️ Confirmed: #Grenada has fallen almost entirely offline amid an island-wide internet disruption. Metrics indicate a gradual loss of connectivity over the course of several hours leading to the current blackout, with engineers working to resolve the issue 📉

ℹ️ Note: Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) is currently experiencing international outages; the incident comes during #SuperBowlLX and is not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a disruption to internet connectivity in western regions of #Ukraine after a series of Russian missile and drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure followed by emergency power shutdowns 🔌

⚠️ Update: With Kharkiv, #Ukraine, once again in the midst of power outages following Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, network data show a worsening cycle of disruptions corresponding to energy supply issues leaving residents without heat in freezing winter conditions

ℹ️ Note: Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) is currently experiencing international outages; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown

“The internet is that last shred of hope because, in the darkness of a blackout, anything can happen and nobody will know.”

In #Iran's digital darkness it's unlikely anyone really knows what damage the regime has wrought.

🖋️ Fintan Hogan writes for The Sunday Times, asking whether it can happen in the UK

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/iran-internet-shutdown-uk-c77ms6xdw

🗓️ It's Friday evening in #Iran where internet remains heavily filtered 22 full days after the blackout as whitelisting and intermittent connectivity continue to limit Iranians' contact with the outside world. Networks are visible internationally but broadly restricted.

🗓️ Exactly three weeks ago #Iran imposed a national internet blackout to obscure civilian killings. Whitelisting and heavy filtering are still in effect.

The incident is among the most severe of its kind on record, exceeded in duration only during civil war in Myanmar and Sudan.

⚠️ Update: With #Iran's internet shutdown approaching day 20, many networks are becoming visible internationally.

HOWEVER:

📵 No return to usual: Web still heavily filtered on a whitelist basis.
🔧 Circumvention still needed: The opening of protocols can enable new workarounds.

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a disruption to internet connectivity in Kharkiv, #Ukraine, following a combined UAV and heavy rocket artillery assault by Russia targeting energy infrastructure

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout continues through its 18th day, obscuring the extent of a deadly crackdown on civilians.

Meanwhile, gaps in the filternet are being tightened to limit circumvention while whitelisted regime accounts promote the Islamic Republic's narrative.

⚠️ Update: Metrics show a steady decline in internet connectivity in parts of Tennessee and Mississippi as Winter Storm Fern encroaches more of the eastern United States, with outages attributed to direct impacts of the storm on power and telecoms infrastructure ❄️ #tnwx #mswx

RE: @netblocks@mastodon.social

🗓️ 17 days after #Iran introduced an internet blackout to mask a deadly crackdown:

- minimal whitelisted service available to some users
- circumvention allows messages to get through
- brief connectivity spikes give false impression of wider restoration

The shutdown continues.

⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show online platforms including X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, WhatsApp have been restricted in #Turkey on multiple networks; the incident comes as main opposition party CHP calls for rallies after police blockade its Istanbul headquarters