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⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show that the #Gaza Strip is now in the midst of a major internet outage as generator fuel supplies and backups finally run out; telecom services including landline, cellular and wifi are likely to be unavailable to most residents…
⚠️ Update: Internet and telecoms have been disrupted in #Gaza for over 24 hours after the depletion of generator fuel and backups supplying network infrastructure; aid agencies state that the loss of communications is preventing the delivery of cross-border humanitarian supplies 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics indicate that #Kenya has been restricting access to Telegram during school exams since mid-November to prevent exam paper leaks which have become an endemic problem; timings show disruptions coincide with KCSE exams 🏫

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-during-school-exams-JBQV2Lyo
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⚠️ Update: Internet and telecoms have been disrupted in #Gaza for over 24 hours after the depletion of generator fuel and backups supplying network infrastructure; aid agencies state that the loss of communications is preventing the delivery of cross-border…
⚠️ Update: Metrics show that internet connectivity is being partially restored in the #Gaza Strip as operators report a donation of fuel; service was lost on Thursday as telecom sector generators and backups shut down; service remains significantly below pre-conflict levels 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a brief disruption to internet connectivity in #Iran, with national connectivity falling to ~57% of ordinary levels before recovering 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a major decline in internet connectivity in Zonguldak, northern #Turkey. The losses in service are attributed to power cuts and damaged infrastructure amid strong winds, heavy rainfall and flash flooding as storms continue to impact the country⛈️📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a disruption to multiple social media and messaging platforms in the Republic of #Guinea including Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram; access remains possible through the use of VPN services #Guinée
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⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a collapse in connectivity in the #Gaza Strip with high impact to Paltel, amid reports of heavy bombardment; the company is the last remaining major operator to supply service as connectivity declines amid ongoing fighting…
ℹ️ Confirmed: Live metrics show an increase in internet connectivity in the #Gaza Strip, corroborating today's telco statement that crews have been able to start repair work on damaged segments of the network amid a temporary negotiated truce with Israel 📈
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a disruption to internet connectivity in Donetsk Oblast, occupied #Ukraine, with high impact to Yasinovata and Mariupol, following days of Ukrainian shelling that has damaged energy infrastructure in the region 🔌📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant decline in internet connectivity in parts of Crimea, Sevastopol and Odesa, Southern Ukraine, after heavy snow and storms bring down power and telecoms lines, knocking tens of thousands of subscribers offline 🔌📉
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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant decline in internet connectivity in parts of Crimea, Sevastopol and Odesa, Southern Ukraine, after heavy snow and storms bring down power and telecoms lines, knocking tens of thousands of subscribers offline 🔌📉
ℹ️ Update: Further internet outages have been tracked in southern regions of Ukraine as a cyclone centres over the Black Sea; the losses in service are attributed to emergency power cuts and damaged infrastructure amid flash-floods, high winds and heavy rainfall 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show that #Moldova's overall internet connectivity has been impacted by power outages amid heavy snowfall and blizzards as a severe weather incident continues to progress through Eastern Europe 🌨️📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a major outage on #Russia internet provider Obltelecom; the incident is the latest in a wave of cyberattacks attributed to the IT Army of Ukraine hacktivist group 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a disruption to internet connectivity in parts of the #Gaza Strip; the incident comes amid renewed military operations after the ceasefire and follows several days of relatively stable service 📉
Confirmed: Metrics show a comms disruption at Russian-held #Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, #Ukraine on 1 December, corroborating reports of an apparent incident at unit No. 4 after the loss of external power, the eight such incident also noted by Energoatom and the IAEA ☢️
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⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a disruption to internet connectivity in parts of the #Gaza Strip; the incident comes amid renewed military operations after the ceasefire and follows several days of relatively stable service 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show that the #Gaza Strip is now in the midst of a near-total internet blackout; the incident impacts the telecoms backbone via Israel, mirroring previous recorded outages, and will be experienced as a total loss of communications by most residents 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant disruption to internet connectivity in #Egypt attributed to an incident on the FEA and SEA-ME-WE 4 subsea cable networks, with national connectivity currently at 64% of ordinary levels 📉
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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant disruption to internet connectivity in #Egypt attributed to an incident on the FEA and SEA-ME-WE 4 subsea cable networks, with national connectivity currently at 64% of ordinary levels 📉
ℹ️ Update: Metrics show that internet connectivity has been largely restored in #Egypt following a ~7 hour long disruption this morning; the incident is attributed to a technical malfunction affecting one of the main network devices, not a submarine cable cut, per Telecom Egypt
⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a nation-scale loss of internet connectivity in #Chad; the incident comes amid rising political tensions just weeks ahead of a constitutional referendum 📉 #Tchad
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity across Sri Lanka as the country suffers a widespread power outage; the incident, caused by a 'system failure' per authorities, has left national connectivity at 72% of ordinary levels 🔌📉 #LKA
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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity across Sri Lanka as the country suffers a widespread power outage; the incident, caused by a 'system failure' per authorities, has left national connectivity at 72% of ordinary levels 🔌📉 #LKA
ℹ️ Update: Metrics show that internet connectivity is being restored in Sri Lanka after a multi-hour nation-scale power outage today; network data show connectivity back up to 85% of ordinary levels 📈 #LKA
⚠️Confirmed: Metrics show a significant disruption to internet service across #Kenya with national connectivity now at 77% of ordinary levels; the incident comes amid a major power outage, the country's third such incident in a year 🔌📉