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⚠️ 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%.

⚠️ 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.

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a nation-scale disruption to internet connectivity in the Republic of #Congo on the day of presidential elections as incumbent Sassou, in power for some 42 years, seeks reelection. A similar blackout was observed during the March 2021 election 📉

⚠️ 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.

La reducción del tráfico de internet en Cuba se da al mismo tiempo que la red eléctrica colapsa, como consecuencia del bloqueo de suministros desde Venezuela.

⚠️ 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: 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.

Iran's internet situation continues to worsen, and it's getting increasingly difficult to reach out to people in the country (This post is from activist Ilia Hashemi)

There's been a notable drop in the number of videos coming out of Iran in the last 24 hours. I've now heard from multiple sources inside Iran that the government has further tightened its imposed internet blackout by closing loopholes and targeting those with Starlink access.

@SorLh44 @dondiegovegga The above metric reflects networks reachable from our observatory (no relation to web hosting firm Cloudflare) charted over time. This disruption impacts connectivity on an AS associated with NIN infrastructure, which itself fell within a slice of the ~1% remaining connectivity.

@dondiegovegga @netblocks Honestly idk. I think they track the rate of connection of some internet protocols from places like Cloudflare, but I don't know a lot about communication & internet so I'm not sure.

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics indicate a collapse in connectivity on AS12880, a key #Iran telecoms network that had so far remained partly online as part of the ~1% reserved state infrastructure. The incident corroborates reports of instability on the NIN domestic intranet.

Congo-Brazzaville🇨🇬 President Denis Sassou N’Guesso's government has imposed a nationwide internet blackout on the day of the presidential elections. "Network data show a nation-scale disruption to internet connectivity in the Republic of #Congo", @netblocks reports. His government has made it a habit to switch off network connectivity during presidential elections. A similar blackout was observed during the March 2021 election. N’Guesso, 82, who is seeking re-election, has been in power for a total of 42 years. He is the third longest ruling African leader, after Cameroon ’s Paul Biya and Equatorial Guinea ’s Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. In 2015, his government conducted a referendum that removed presidential age limits and term limits, allowing him to remain eligible for office.

Internet connectivity across the Republic of Congo was disrupted on Sunday as voters cast ballots in a presidential election, global internet watchdog NetBlocks said Read more: trtafrika.com/english/articl…

"BRAZZAVILLE, March 15 (@Reuters) - A widespread internet outage hit Congo Republic on Sunday, internet monitoring group ​@NetBlocks said, as the Central African nation voted in a presidential election widely expected to ‌extend 82-year-old Denis Sassou Nguesso's decades-long rule by another five years. Sassou faces a weak field of challengers, with two of the country’s best‑known opposition leaders in prison and others in exile." reuters.com/world/africa/c…