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⚠️ 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
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a drop in internet connectivity in #Ukraine, also impacting #Moldova, corroborating energy company Ukrenergo's statement detailing a system-wide power emergency involving the disconnection of high-voltage international transmission lines 🔌
🗓️ 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: 20 full days after #Iran imposed a national internet blackout, most ordinary users still face heavy filtering and intermittent service under a whitelist system despite a significant increase in internationally visible networks and datacenters.
⚠️ 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: Further internet outages have been tracked in #Tennessee as Winter Storm Fern brings subzero temperatures, with snow and ice accumulation snapping tree branches and power lines, leaving over 300,000 residents without electricity and communications 🧊 #tnwx
⚠️ 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
ℹ️ Update: Internet connectivity in Greenland has returned to ordinary levels after the reconnection of electricity, following an overnight disruption to power transmission lines amid strong winds that left capital city #Nuuk in the dark; incident duration ~6 hours 📈
🗓️ 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.
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ℹ️ Update: Internet connectivity in #Greenland remains diminished due to an ongoing power cut, as initial attempts to repair transmission lines from Buksefjord hydroelectric plant fail amid strong winds, triggering a transfer to emergency power per energy company Nukissiorfiit.
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant decline to internet connectivity in #Greenland with high impact to capital Nuuk. The incident comes amid reports of a city-wide power outage attributed by energy company Nukissiorfiit to an "accident" 🔌
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a decline in internet connectivity in #Louisiana with high impact to Monroe, attributed to power outages and damaged lines as freezing winter storms start to descend on the eastern US 🌨️ #LAwx
⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout continues in its third week despite a brief momentary restoration of international connectivity around hour 375. Online platforms are occasionally whitelisted and some users have been able to tunnel out over the last couple of days.
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in Sumy, #Ukraine; the incident comes as Russia launches drone and missile attacks on energy infrastructure, despite ongoing peace talks in Abu Dhabi
⚠️ Update: #Iran remains in the midst of a national internet blackout in its third week at hour 348 with only a slight rise in overall connectivity and tunneled users. There are indications of an attempt to generate false traffic and manufacture narratives of a wider restoration.