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⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a significant disruption to internet service in #Haiti with national connectivity at 35% of ordinary levels; the incident comes amid protests against rising fuel prices, with providers blaming demonstrator barricades for cut fiber 📉
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⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a significant disruption to internet service in #Haiti with national connectivity at 35% of ordinary levels; the incident comes amid protests against rising fuel prices, with providers blaming demonstrator barricades…
⚠️ Update: Internet access in #Haiti remains significantly disrupted amid fuel price protests with national connectivity at 34% of ordinary levels; operators have identified at least seven optical fiber cuts affecting service this week with repairs made difficult by barricades 📉
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⚠️ Update: Internet access in #Haiti remains significantly disrupted amid fuel price protests with national connectivity at 34% of ordinary levels; operators have identified at least seven optical fiber cuts affecting service this week with repairs made difficult…
ℹ️ Update: Internet access has been largely restored in #Haiti following a nation-scale disruption attributed by operators to multiple fiber cable cuts; the situation in the country remains tense amid escalating protests over fuel prices 📈
⚠️ Confirmed: A significant internet outage has been registered in Tehran, #Iran with real time network data showing connectivity at 67% of ordinary levels; the incident comes amid protests over the death of Mahsa Amini and may affect coverage of events on the ground 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a ~11% reduction in internet connectivity in Puerto Rico corresponding to power outages as tropical storm #Fiona approaches the island, with some local authorities already reporting damage to power distribution infrastructure #FionaPR
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⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a ~11% reduction in internet connectivity in Puerto Rico corresponding to power outages as tropical storm #Fiona approaches the island, with some local authorities already reporting damage to power distribution infrastructure…
⚠️ Update: Real-time network data show that internet connectivity across #PuertoRico is down to 67% of ordinary levels as #Fiona intensifies to a Category 1 hurricane; disruptions are attributed to multiple power outages as well as direct impacts to telecoms infrastructure 📉
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⚠️ Update: Real-time network data show that internet connectivity across #PuertoRico is down to 67% of ordinary levels as #Fiona intensifies to a Category 1 hurricane; disruptions are attributed to multiple power outages as well as direct impacts to telecoms…
⚠️ Update: Internet connectivity across #PuertoRico is currently registering at 47% of ordinary levels amid reports of a widespread power blackout as Hurricane #Fiona moves in; meanwhile Luma Energy reports 51% of customers are now without electricity
⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a near-total disruption to internet connectivity in #Sanandaj, the capital of Kurdistan Province in west #Iran; the incident comes amid widening protests over the death of #MahsaAmini after her arrest by morality police 📉

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-protests-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-X8qVEwAD
⚠️ Confirmed: Internet outages have been registered in multiple states of #Mexico following a 7.6 magnitude earthquake; the reduction in network connectivity is attributed to power failures in affected regions 📉

ℹ️ The 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Mexico has also impacted network connectivity in #MexicoCity and is registered on 37th anniversary of an 8.1 magnitude quake that devastated the capital, and comes five years after a 7.1 quake shook the region #S19
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⚠️ Update: Internet connectivity across #PuertoRico is currently registering at 47% of ordinary levels amid reports of a widespread power blackout as Hurricane #Fiona moves in; meanwhile Luma Energy reports 51% of customers are now without electricity
ℹ️ Update: #PuertoRico is seeing a moderate recovery in internet connectivity following yesterday's island-wide power blackout that knocked many users and networks offline during the approach of #HurricaneFiona; real-time metrics show connectivity at 50% of ordinary levels 📈
⚠️ Confirmed: #HurricaneFiona has made landfall with the Dominican Republic, with strong winds and rainfall knocking out power for many residents over the course of the day; real-time network data show internet connectivity at 78% of ordinary levels 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Internet outages corresponding to power cuts have been registered across Turks and Caicos as Category 3 Hurricane #Fiona reaches the archipelago; authorities have declared a curfew for residents’ safety ⚡️
⚠️ Confirmed: Access to Instagram, one of the last available social media platforms in #Iran, has been restricted amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini; live metrics show frontends and CDNs now disrupted on multiple internet providers

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-protests-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-X8qVEwAD
⚠️ Confirmed: Messaging app #WhatsApp has been restricted in #Iran amid widening protests over the death of #MahsaAmini; metrics show WhatsApp servers now disrupted on multiple internet providers, hours after the restriction of Instagram

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-protests-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-X8qVEwAD
⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a nation-scale loss of connectivity on MCI (First Mobile), #Iran's leading mobile operator, and Rightel; the incidents come amid widespread protests over the death of #MahsaAmini 📵

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-protests-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-X8qVEwAD
⚠️ #Iran is now subject to the most severe internet restrictions since the November 2019 massacre.

▶️ Mobile networks largely shut down (MCI, Rightel, Irancell - partial)
▶️ Regional disruptions observed during protests
▶️ Instagram, WhatsApp restricted

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-protests-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-X8qVEwAD
⚠️ Confirmed: A new mobile internet disruption has been registered in #Iran; real-time network data show a second nation-scale loss of connectivity on Iran's leading cellular operator MCI (First Mobile) amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini 📵

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-protests-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-X8qVEwAD
ℹ️ Update: Live metrics corroborate reports of a restoration of mobile internet connectivity in #Iran, following a curfew-style pattern of disruptions amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini; Instagram and WhatsApp remain restricted

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-protests-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-X8qVEwAD