ℹ️ Note: Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) is currently experiencing international outages; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering (Except for Iran) #TwitterDown

⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a nation-scale disruption to internet connectivity in #Uganda; the measure comes days ahead of general elections and corresponds to a shutdown notice from the Uganda Communications Commission "to mitigate the rapid spread of misinformation" 📉

⚠️ Update: #Iran has now been offline for 120 hours.

Despite some phone calls now connecting, there is no secure way to communicate and the general public remain cut off from the outside world.

What footage makes it through shows extensive use of force against civilians 📵

⚠️ 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.