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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show the Signal messaging app website has become unreachable on multiple internet providers in #Venezuela, corroborating user reports of a disruption; the app remains functional with the "censorship circumvention" setting enabled #8Ago
¿En #Venezuela? Recuerda que puedes usar esta aplicación web de Netblocks
para verificar el estado de tu acceso a internet y las restricciones en las redes sociales y aplicaciones de mensajería. https://api.webprobe.org/
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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show the Signal messaging app website has become unreachable on multiple internet providers in #Venezuela, corroborating user reports of a disruption; the app remains functional with the "censorship circumvention" setting enabled #8Ago
⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show X (formerly Twitter) is now restricted in #Venezuela as contested president Maduro orders regulator Conatel to ban the platform for 10 days, claiming that it promotes civil war; the incident comes a day after similar calls to ban X in the UK #8Ago
Если вы находитесь в #России, вы можете воспользоваться этой услугой от NetBlocks чтобы помочь проверить статус вашего Интернета и онлайн-платформ https://api.webprobe.org
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show #Russia has restricted Signal messaging app backends on most internet providers; regulator Roskomnadzor states that the ban has been imposed to prevent Signal's use for "extremist" purposes; the app remains usable with "censorship circumvention" enabled
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⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show photo and video sharing platform Instagram has been restricted in #Turkey; the ban implemented by the Information and Communication Technologies Authority follows a court order issued this morning to prevent access to the popular…
ℹ️ Confirmed: Live metrics show that Instagram is being gradually restored on internet providers in #Turkey after authorities and Meta negotiate the removal of terrorist content and reinstatement of unfairly closed accounts; the social media platform was restricted for 9 days
⚠️ Note: X Spaces are currently experiencing international outages; the incident is understood to be due to server issues as the platform hosts a live interview between Elon Musk and US presidential candidate Donald Trump #TwitterDown
⚠️ Confirmed: Traffic data show a pattern of widescale internet disruptions in #Mauritania during morning and afternoon national school exams; the incidents are consistent with blackouts reported in past years to prevent cheating and paper leaks 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a significant decline to internet connectivity in and around the U.S. Virgin Islands as Tropical Storm Ernesto lashes the region with flooding rains and damaging winds; the storm is expected to intensify into a hurricane later today 🌧
ℹ️ Note: Code hosting platform GitHub is currently experiencing international outages; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #GithubDown
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant decline in internet connectivity in #Bermuda as Category 1 Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall on the archipelago early Saturday morning; the incident comes amid widening power outages reported by power company BELCO 🌀
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a major ongoing disruption to the main internet provider in Snezhinsk, Chelyabinsk, #Russia, from the night of 13 August, corroborating Ukraine Intelligence claims of a successful cyber op targeting a nuclear weapons development facility near the city
ℹ️ Note: Metrics show a brief disruption to WhatsApp in #Russia corroborating reports of outages of messaging services also affecting Telegram; regulator Roskomnadzor claims the issue is due to a "DDoS attack"
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show internet connectivity levels have fallen in multiple regions of #Ukraine including Kyiv after a series of deadly Russian missile and drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure followed by emergency power shutdowns 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a collapse in internet connectivity in Sevastopol amid reports of mass power outages in occupied #Crimea; the regional Russian leadership claims the incident is due to an emergency shutdown of Crimean energy distribution networks 📉
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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show internet connectivity levels have fallen in multiple regions of #Ukraine including Kyiv after a series of deadly Russian missile and drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure followed by emergency power shutdowns 📉
⚠️ Update: National internet connectivity in #Ukraine remains at 71% of ordinary levels with ongoing widespread power outages after Russia launches a barrage of missile and drone attacks targeting civil and energy infrastructure, one of the war's largest on record
⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show significant declines in internet connectivity across multiple states of #Venezuela including Caracas; the incident is attributed to a widespread power outage 🔌 #27Ago #Apagón
⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a nation-scale internet disruption in #Venezuela with national connectivity at 20% of ordinary levels; the incident is attributed to a widespread power outage 📷 #30Ago #Apagón
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⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a nation-scale internet disruption in #Venezuela with national connectivity at 20% of ordinary levels; the incident is attributed to a widespread power outage 📷 #30Ago #Apagón
⚠️ Update: Almost all states of #Venezuela have been severely impacted by today's power outage with only limited connectivity remaining; the Communications Minister has attributed the incident to "electrical sabotage" #30Ago #SinLuz
⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show that X (formerly Twitter) has been restricted on #Tanzania's main internet providers; the incident comes as the police force issues an alert over alleged opposition party plans to raid police stations where political prisoners might be held