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⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has entered day 32 with most users cut off from the outside world for over 744 hours. Extended digital isolation is bringing new challenges for Iranians, from expired domains and accounts to unpatched servers on a degrading national intranet.
⚠️ Update: It has now been over 720 hours since #Iran fell off the global internet with the digital blackout entering its 31st day. As the shutdown continues into its second month, misinformation and propaganda increasingly fill the void both domestically and internationally.
⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has now entered day 30 as the nationwide censorship measure continues into its fifth week after 696 hours. Metrics show that connectivity to the outside world remains at just 1% of ordinary levels.
🗓️ Exactly one month ago on Saturday morning, 28 February, #Iran was plunged into digital darkness as authorities cut off access to the global internet. After four full weeks, 672 hours, the blackout remains in effect, violating Iranians' right to communicate and stay informed.
⚠️ Update: The internet blackout in #Iran is now in its 28th day after 648 hours, with Iranians having spent more than half the year to date cut off from international networks. Authorities continue to refine a two-tiered system where only regime apparatchiks are allowed online.
⚠️ Update: #Iran's digital blackout has entered its 27th day after 624 hours of isolation from the global internet with connectivity levels at ~1%. Rights monitors, independent media and the public are sidelined as access is granted only to those on a state-approved whitelist.
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: The internet blackout in #Iran has now entered its 26th day after passing the 600 hour mark. The measure leaves civilians cut off from international networks, violating their right to access information in times of war.
⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has entered its 25th day after 576 hours, leaving the public isolated from the world as whitelisted accounts seek to take control of the narrative. The measure leaves civilians without vital updates and without a voice on the global stage.
⚠️ Update: It's now day 24 of #Iran's internet blackout, with the measure passing 552 hours among the most severe registered in any country. International connectivity remains unavailable to the general public while authorities maintain a selective whitelist for global access.
⚠️ Update: After 528 hours, #Iran is entering a 23rd day isolated from the world as the regime-imposed internet blackout continues in its fourth week. The measure adds to the wartime distress of millions of civilians who lack independent sources of information and alerts.
⚠️ Update: Three full weeks have passed since #Iran's internet blackout came into effect, with users forced onto the National Information Network. At hour 504, few circumvention tools work as authorities crack down on satellite and VPN users outside the state-approved whitelist.
⚠️ Update: #Iran is entering Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in digital darkness, as the internet blackout continues into day 21 after 480 hours. With international connectivity cut and domestic service limited, many families are unable to contact loved ones when it's most needed.
⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has entered its 20th day, with international connectivity unavailable to the general public for over 456 hours. The incident is now the longest recorded shutdown in Iran's history, surpassing the blackout imposed during protests in January.
ℹ️ Update: Network data show at a brief restoration of internet connectivity in #Iran at hour 444 of the country's second-longest blackout, as some users report coming momentarily back online after an apparent filtering system glitch. However, the restoration is not sustained.
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: The internet blackout in #Iran has entered its 19th day with international connectivity still unavailable after 432 hours to all but a chosen few. As the world debates if or how the war should proceed, one voice is effectively missing: the voice of the Iranian people.
ℹ️ Update: Internet connectivity has been restored in the Congo Republic after a 2.5-day digital shutdown spanning election day and vote counting, as authorities announce President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who first took power in 1979, has been reelected for a fifth term with 95%.
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in Odesa, #Ukraine, corresponding to power outages after overnight Russian drone attacks targeting energy, port, and industrial infrastructure 📉
⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout is now entering its 18th day after 408 hours without international connectivity for the general public. Chosen users are granted privileged access, while the remainder are left with a limited domestic intranet under increasingly tight control.