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  1. ⚠️ Confirmed: Internet outages have been registered in #Michigan including Detroit as severe storms bring down power and telecoms lines, leaving thousands of subscribers cut off 🔌 #MIwx

  2. ⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in occupied #Crimea corresponding to power outages after overnight Ukranian drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure 📉

  3. ⚠️ Confirmed: A power outage has knocked out internet connectivity in Donetsk Oblast, Russian-occupied eastern #Ukraine; the disruption corresponds to Ukrainian strikes on energy infrastructure 🔌

  4. ⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a second collapse in internet connectivity in Sevastopol amid reports of unscheduled power shutdowns in occupied #Crimea as the regional Russian leadership declares a state of emergency.

  5. ⚠️ Update: Internet connectivity in #Venezuela remains below ordinary levels 24 hours following a devastating double earthquake event with impact to infrastructure still hampering rescue efforts, though the situation has improved with some partial restoration observed.

  6. ⚠️ Nine hours after two 7+ magnitude earthquakes strike #Venezuela, national internet connectivity remains diminished despite some recovery. The outage corresponds to power cuts and infrastructure damage, hindering rescue efforts and limiting visibility into events on the ground.

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    ⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a significant decline in internet connectivity in #Venezuela including the capital Caracas following two 7+ magnitude back-to-back earthquakes that has impacted power and telecoms infrastructure.

  8. ⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show internet connectivity has been knocked out in Sevastopol, occupied Crimea, amid power outages following overnight Ukrainian drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure 🔌

  9. ⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a reduction in internet connectivity in Saint Lucia as users struggle to get online; operator Flow says a crisis-level outage is impacting many in Saint Lucia and some in Dominica amid a suspected regional network fault affecting the island states

  10. ℹ️ Note: Social media network X (formerly Twitter) is experiencing international outages for a second consecutive day amid timeline backend API errors; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown

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    ⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show that Telegram messaging service endpoints are restricted on multiple internet providers in #India. The government says the measure is a temporary ban targeting exam fraud after medical entrance tests were annulled amid leak allegations.

  12. 📵 Network data show #Iraq has just imposed another widespread internet shutdown during school exams, leaving most of the country except the north offline for two hours as students take tests. The bizarre measure is presented as a means to limit cheating and paper leaks.

  13. 📉 Metrics show internet connectivity in Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir remains disrupted for a third day. The measure continues to limit visibility into events on the ground amid a crackdown and clashes over the proscription of the Joint Awami Action Committee.

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    ⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a major disruption to internet connectivity in Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The shutdown comes ahead of protests as authorities use anti-terrorism powers to ban the Joint Awami Action Committee and is likely to limit coverage of events.

  15. 🗓️ Three months ago today #Iran shut off access to the global internet. While connectivity has now largely returned, metrics indicate that users still face heavy filtering, similar to the interim period between the January protests and the start of the war.

  16. ℹ️ #Iran's internet connectivity has now been in a state of restoration for 24 hours. Service remains heavily filtered, with new restrictions on messaging and app stores compared to pre-January. Calls for a free and open internet transcend political divisions and should be heard.

  17. 🫶 Welcome back #Iran! Metrics show a further rise in connectivity as mobile networks and other segments are reconnected to the global internet: • Filternet remains in place but can be worked around • WhatsApp now restricted, requiring circumvention • Some users still offline

  18. 📈 Confirmed: Live metrics show a partial restoration to internet connectivity in #Iran on day 88, after 2093 hours of near-total isolation from international networks, the longest nationwide internet shutdown in modern history. It is unclear if the restoration will be sustained.

  19. ⚠️ Internet connectivity remains cut in #Iran with the digital blackout now having entered its 88th day, surpassing 2088 hours of isolation from the outside world. Metrics confirm the shutdown currently remains in effect despite the president's order yesterday to restore access.

  20. ⌛️ It's now the 87th consecutive day of #Iran's internet blackout which has been in place for over 2064 hours. The measure has eliminated any transparency around executions, adding to the inhumane conditions and daily uncertainty faced by jailed critics, dissidents and tourists.

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