⚠️ Update: Metrics show #Iran remains offline as the country wakes to another day of digital darkness.

With the internet blackout now past its 132nd hour, early reports indicate thousands of casualties. The true extent of the killings is obscured by the absence of connectivity.

Friends in #Venezuela, you can use this web app from NetBlocks to help check the status of your internet access and platform restrictions https://api.webprobe.org

ICYMI: #Uganda is currently in the midst of a widespread internet shutdown as telecoms regulator UCC imposes a blackout in advance of tomorrow's general election.

Far from halting misinformation, the measure is likely to limit transparency and increase the risk of vote fraud 🗳

⚠️ Update: Network data show the #Iran has now entered the seventh day of a near-total telecoms blackout, with the incident passing the 144-hour mark; the disruption ranks among the longest on record and continues to isolate over ninety million Iranians from the outside world

ℹ️ Note: Metrics show that social media platform X remains restricted in #Venezuela despite claims that access had been restored; the measure has now been in place for over a year

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has passed the 156 hour mark as the silence deepens after a brutal crackdown.

Meanwhile, the online information vacuum is resulting in the amplification of pro-regime accounts, AI fakes, and other agendas.

⚠️ Update: Voting has started in #Uganda, where a widespread internet shutdown imposed by the telecoms regulator remains in place.

The measure makes election observation difficult and encourages voter intimidation and coercion, casting doubt on the election's credibility.

🗓️ 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.

⚠️ 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.

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: 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.

⚠️ 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: 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.