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

⚠️ Update: #Iran has now been under a national internet blackout for two full weeks. At hour 336, connectivity levels continue to flatline with only a slight rise at the backbone supplying regime-whitelisted networks, while a few users are now able to tunnel to the outside world.

🗓 Two weeks ago today, #Iran was cut off from the world by an extremist regime as the people went out on the streets to call for change. With the digital blackout silencing Iranians' voices, authorities perpetrated one of the deadliest crackdowns in modern history.

⚠️ Confirmed: A major internet disruption has been registered in #Indonesia with high impact to leading providers IndiHome and Telkomsel, corroborating user reports of difficulty getting online 📉

⏱️ Over 300 hours have passed since #Iran imposed a national internet blackout to hide atrocities. Meanwhile, the regime uses whitelisted networks and places op-eds to shape opinion abroad. Attempts to obscure the truth will be documented in real time: The world is watching.

⚠️ Update: With #Iran's internet blackout now past hour 280, the nation of over 90 million remains cut off for another day leaving friends and family unable to check in with loved ones. Meanwhile, traffic on select platforms points to an emergent strategy of whitelisting.

⚠️ Update: With the #Iran internet blackout now spanning its twelfth day, metrics show that national connectivity remains minimal. In recent days, the filternet has occasionally allowed messages through, suggesting that the regime is testing a more heavily filtered intranet.

⚠️ Update: As of internet shutdown hour 240, traffic levels have fallen after a brief, heavily filtered restoration of select Google and messaging services in #Iran. During this time, some Iranians were able to give updates detailing the severity of the crisis on the ground.

⚠️ Update: Despite the restoration of connectivity in #Uganda after a widespread internet shutdown spanning five days during the election period, live metrics show that multiple social media and messaging platforms remain restricted by authorities

ℹ️ Update: While ordinary internet connectivity in #Iran remains disrupted at hour 238, traffic data indicate a significant return to some online services including Google, suggesting that heavily filtered access has been enabled, corroborating user reports of partial restoration

ℹ️ Update: With internet connectivity now largely restored in #Uganda after elections held under a widespread internet shutdown, metrics confirm that the exact same shutdown and social media filtering schedule and mechanism used during the 2021 elections have again been deployed.

ℹ️ Update: Network data show a partial restoration of internet connectivity in #Uganda, though many users remain offline. Service was cut on the 13th and elections were held with the opposition detained, some voting machines disconnected, and ballots stuffed per reports.

⚠️ Update: Internet connectivity continues to flatline in #Iran despite a minor short-lived bump in access earlier today, when new reports of atrocities emerged. As the shutdown enters day ten, confusion surrounds whether the regime intends to restore service soon, or at all.

⚠️ Update: #Uganda remains in the midst of a widespread internet shutdown that is now past the 100 hour mark. Hours earlier, the electoral commission declared that incumbent Museveni was re-elected for his seventh term, following the same pattern observed exactly five years ago. 2021: https://netblocks.org/reports/social-media-and-messaging-platforms-restricted-in-uganda-ahead-of-general-election-XB7aaO87

⚠️ Update: Metrics show a very slight rise in internet connectivity in #Iran this morning after the 200 hour mark. However, overall connectivity remains at ~2% of ordinary levels and there is no indication of a significant return.

⚠️ Update: It's just past midnight in #Uganda where a widespread internet shutdown imposed before elections remains in place. The disruption continues to hamper news verification, amid reports that opposition leader Bobi Wine has been abducted by an army helicopter.

⚠️ Update: In case you missed it, #Iran is in hour 192 of a national internet blackout imposed by the regime after protests spread to multiple cities. Though news is limited due to the information vacuum, reports indicate thousands have been killed in the subsequent crackdown.

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

⚠️ Update: At 180 hours, the total internet blackout in #Iran now exceeds the core duration of the 2019 shutdown, and there is still no partial or regional restoration. in 2019, it was only after connectivity was restored that the scale of the brutal crackdown became known.

🗓️ Exactly one week ago to the hour, #Iran fell into digital darkness as authorities imposed a national internet blackout. Through the following days Iranians continued to protest and demand liberty despite a draconian crackdown. At 168 hours, data show the shutdown is ongoing.