⚠️ Update: After 528 hours, #Iran is entering a 23rd day isolated from the world as the regime-imposed internet blackout continues in its fourth week.

The measure adds to the wartime distress of millions of civilians who lack independent sources of information and alerts.

⚠️ Update: It's now day 24 of #Iran's internet blackout, with the measure passing 552 hours among the most severe registered in any country.

International connectivity remains unavailable to the general public while authorities maintain a selective whitelist for global access.

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has entered its 25th day after 576 hours, leaving the public isolated from the world as whitelisted accounts seek to take control of the narrative. The measure leaves civilians without vital updates and without a voice on the global stage.

⚠️ Update: The internet blackout in #Iran has now entered its 26th day after passing the 600 hour mark.

The measure leaves civilians cut off from international networks, violating their right to access information in times of war.

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⚠️ Update: #Iran's digital blackout has entered its 27th day after 624 hours of isolation from the global internet with connectivity levels at ~1%.

Rights monitors, independent media and the public are sidelined as access is granted only to those on a state-approved whitelist.

⚠️ Update: The internet blackout in #Iran is now in its 28th day after 648 hours, with Iranians having spent more than half the year to date cut off from international networks.

Authorities continue to refine a two-tiered system where only regime apparatchiks are allowed online.

🗓️ Exactly one month ago on Saturday morning, 28 February, #Iran was plunged into digital darkness as authorities cut off access to the global internet.

After four full weeks, 672 hours, the blackout remains in effect, violating Iranians' right to communicate and stay informed.

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has now entered day 30 as the nationwide censorship measure continues into its fifth week after 696 hours.

Metrics show that connectivity to the outside world remains at just 1% of ordinary levels.

⚠️ Update: It has now been over 720 hours since #Iran fell off the global internet with the digital blackout entering its 31st day.

As the shutdown continues into its second month, misinformation and propaganda increasingly fill the void both domestically and internationally.

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has entered day 32 with most users cut off from the outside world for over 744 hours.

Extended digital isolation is bringing new challenges for Iranians, from expired domains and accounts to unpatched servers on a degrading national intranet.

⚠️ Update: Metrics show #Iran's internet blackout has entered day 33 after 768 hours with connectivity observed at ~1% of ordinary levels, as authorities widen their crackdown on satellite terminals in a bid to eliminate remaining means of communication with the outside world.

⚠️ Update: It's now day 34 of #Iran's internet blackout as the nation-scale censorship measure continues past 792 hours in its second month.

Friends and family remain largely cut off from the outside world amid growing anxiety over wartime casualties, arrests, and executions.

⚠️ Update: The internet blackout in #Iran is now on its 35th consecutive day as connectivity flatlines at 1% of ordinary levels after 816 hours. The general public remain cut off from the world without vital updates and without a voice as the incident closes its fifth week.

🗓️ Exactly five weeks ago on Saturday 28 February, #Iran cut off access to the global internet.

The measure remains in place, entering day 36 after 840 hours, isolating the general public as authorities explore ways to give chosen users access via a tiered whitelisting system.

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout is now the longest nation-scale internet shutdown on record in any country, exceeding all other comparable incidents in severity having entered its 37th consecutive day after 864 hours.

How does this compare to other countries and regions in digital darkness?

Iran is the first country to have had internet connectivity and then subsequently lost it by reverting to a national network, while others such as North Korea have skipped the connected phase and been internationally isolated for longer.

Intermittent digital shutdown incidents such as Myanmar, and those experiencing restoration after several weeks like Sudan, and sub-national incidents like Kashmir and Tigray have also been recorded over a longer period.

Wartime damage to infrastructure in countries at war like Ukraine and Gaza has also resulted in extended reductions in connectivity due to damaged infrastructure, resulting in an observable reduction in users though no war is known to have sent an entire country offline.

ℹ️ Confirmed: A region-scale power outage has been knocked out internet connectivity across much of Donetsk Oblast, Russian-occupied #Ukraine; the losses in service are attributed Ukrainian UAV attacks targeting energy infrastructure with near-total recovery now evident 🔌

⚠️ Update: The internet blackout in #Iran is entering its 38th day with the general public now cut off from international networks for over 888 hours.

The measure leaves Iranians without access to independent sources of information relating to the war or global news events.