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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in parts of California including Pasadena and Calabasas as a wildfire spreads around Los Angeles and authorities issue mandatory evacuation orders #PalisadesFire
⚠️ Update: Live metrics show an accelerating loss of internet connectivity in parts of California impacted by two wildfires as a state of emergency is declared. As of 10 p.m. local, some areas have fallen largely offline while impacts are now also discernible in Los Angeles
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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in parts of California including Pasadena and Calabasas as a wildfire spreads around Los Angeles and authorities issue mandatory evacuation orders #PalisadesFire
⚠️ Update: Live metrics indicate that Pasadena, CA remains largely disconnected from the internet amid widespread power outages due to wildfires and high winds; the telecoms disruptions are likely to impact aid efforts and prevent loved ones from contacting each other #EatonFire
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in parts of Maui, Hawaii after severe thunderstorms bring down power lines; supplier Hawaiian Electric says damage assessments and line inspections are underway 📉 #HIwx
⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show messaging app Telegram is now disrupted in Venezuela, corroborating user reports of issues accessing the service; the incident comes as Nicolas Maduro is sworn in for a third presidential term, a move identified by the opposition as a coup #10Ene
ℹ️ Update: Network data show that connectivity remains largely cut in Mayotte one month after Cyclone Chido hit the French archipelago with many residents still cut off from the rest of the world 📉
Confirmed: Traffic data show a brief disruption to mobile internet service in #Russia corroborating reports of an outage; the incident is consistent with a glitch in the national content filtering mechanism
ℹ️ Note: Reddit is experiencing international outages; incident is not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #RedditDown
Note: Social media platform TikTok has deactivated its own service in the US after a ruling by the Supreme Court on Friday upholding a nationwide ban; there are no indications of widespread network level restrictions imposed by internet providers at the present time #TikTokBan
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Note: Social media platform TikTok has deactivated its own service in the US after a ruling by the Supreme Court on Friday upholding a nationwide ban; there are no indications of widespread network level restrictions imposed by internet providers at the…
ℹ️ Update: Analysis of App Store data shows that the TikTok app has now also been delisted in the US, with the country joining a small set of countries including Afghanistan, China, and India where it is unavailable for download.
If you are in South Sudan, you can use this web app from NetBlocks to help check the status of your internet access and platform restrictions https://api.webprobe.org/scan/
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a significant decline in internet connectivity across much of Ireland amid widespread power outages due to #StormÉowyn which experts have called the "storm of the century"
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a multi-hour national disruption to internet connectivity in #Syria; the Ministry of Communications has identified "sabotage by remnants of the Assad regime" and the cutting of fiber links as the cause of the outage, which has since been resolved
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show an ongoing disruption to connectivity at the Goma internet exchange in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; the incident comes amidst a major military escalation with neighboring Rwanda as authorities present measures to "counter Rwandan propaganda"
ℹ️ Note: The website of USAID, the United States Agency for International Development, has been made unavailable globally with the DNS server issuing NXDOMAIN; the incident comes amid reports that the new administration intends to move the institution under the State Department
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show the Google Play Store is now restricted in DR Congo in an apparent bid to stop users downloading VPN apps to bypass restrictions targeting X and TikTok; the incident comes amid unrest, the burning of embassies, and a rebel occupation in the east #RDC
ℹ️ Note: Network data show a moderate decline in internet connectivity in Latvia and Estonia as a group of Baltic states initiate their transition from Russia's power grid to the EU three decades after leaving the Soviet Union; the procedure is expected to be completed on Sunday
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a disruption to internet connectivity in Sri Lanka corresponding to major a power outage.

The incident is attributed to a monkey coming into contact with the grid transformer at the Panadura substation per Energy Minister Jayakody 🐒📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a significant disruption to internet connectivity in Pikeville, Kentucky; the incident comes amid power outages due to deadly flash flooding and heavy rains that have cut off of thousands 📉 #KYwx
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in Odesa, Ukraine; the incident comes as Russia launches a major drone attack on civil and energy infrastructure despite reported peace negotiations, with impacts attributed to physical damage and emergency shutdowns
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show Korek Telecom has been disconnected across much of Iraq as the Communications and Media Commission (CMC) cuts service over unpaid debts; the Erbil-based company's owners claim the decision is politically motivated, calling on the UN to intervene