⚠️ 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 📉

The election-day internet shutdown, which limits transparency during an election period already marred by opposition arrests, has been a go-to digital tactic for Congo-Brazzaville. The 3-day blackout in 2021 spanned the opening of polls through to the announcement of results.

⚠️ 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.

⚠️ 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.

⚠️ 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: 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: #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.

⚠️ 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 📉

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

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.