NetBlocks

27 January 2026 15:17

⚠️ Update: With #Iran's internet shutdown approaching day 20, many networks are becoming visible internationally.

HOWEVER:

📵 No return to usual: Web still heavily filtered on a whitelist basis.
🔧 Circumvention still needed: The opening of protocols can enable new workarounds.

NetBlocks

26 January 2026 08:58

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout continues through its 18th day, obscuring the extent of a deadly crackdown on civilians.

Meanwhile, gaps in the filternet are being tightened to limit circumvention while whitelisted regime accounts promote the Islamic Republic's narrative.

NetBlocks

25 January 2026 14:49

⚠️ Update: Metrics show a steady decline in internet connectivity in parts of Tennessee and Mississippi as Winter Storm Fern encroaches more of the eastern United States, with outages attributed to direct impacts of the storm on power and telecoms infrastructure ❄️ #tnwx #mswx

NetBlocks

25 January 2026 10:48

🗓️ 17 days after #Iran introduced an internet blackout to mask a deadly crackdown:

- minimal whitelisted service available to some users
- circumvention allows messages to get through
- brief connectivity spikes give false impression of wider restoration

The shutdown continues.

NetBlocks

25 January 2026 02:54

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant decline to internet connectivity in #Greenland with high impact to capital Nuuk. The incident comes amid reports of a city-wide power outage attributed by energy company Nukissiorfiit to an "accident" 🔌

NetBlocks

24 January 2026 11:12

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout continues in its third week despite a brief momentary restoration of international connectivity around hour 375. Online platforms are occasionally whitelisted and some users have been able to tunnel out over the last couple of days.

NetBlocks

23 January 2026 05:52

⚠️ Update: #Iran remains in the midst of a national internet blackout in its third week at hour 348 with only a slight rise in overall connectivity and tunneled users. There are indications of an attempt to generate false traffic and manufacture narratives of a wider restoration.

NetBlocks

22 January 2026 17:37

⚠️ Update: #Iran has now been under a national internet blackout for two full weeks. At hour 336, connectivity levels continue to flatline with only a slight rise at the backbone supplying regime-whitelisted networks, while a few users are now able to tunnel to the outside world.

NetBlocks

22 January 2026 06:06

⚠️ Confirmed: A major internet disruption has been registered in #Indonesia with high impact to leading providers IndiHome and Telkomsel, corroborating user reports of difficulty getting online 📉

NetBlocks

20 January 2026 09:29

⚠️ Update: With #Iran's internet blackout now past hour 280, the nation of over 90 million remains cut off for another day leaving friends and family unable to check in with loved ones. Meanwhile, traffic on select platforms points to an emergent strategy of whitelisting.

NetBlocks

18 January 2026 17:11

⚠️ Update: As of internet shutdown hour 240, traffic levels have fallen after a brief, heavily filtered restoration of select Google and messaging services in #Iran. During this time, some Iranians were able to give updates detailing the severity of the crisis on the ground.

NetBlocks

18 January 2026 15:28

ℹ️ Update: While ordinary internet connectivity in #Iran remains disrupted at hour 238, traffic data indicate a significant return to some online services including Google, suggesting that heavily filtered access has been enabled, corroborating user reports of partial restoration

NetBlocks

18 January 2026 05:24

ℹ️ Update: Network data show a partial restoration of internet connectivity in #Uganda, though many users remain offline. Service was cut on the 13th and elections were held with the opposition detained, some voting machines disconnected, and ballots stuffed per reports.

NetBlocks

17 January 2026 17:12

⚠️ Update: #Uganda remains in the midst of a widespread internet shutdown that is now past the 100 hour mark.

Hours earlier, the electoral commission declared that incumbent Museveni was re-elected for his seventh term, following the same pattern observed exactly five years ago.

2021: https://netblocks.org/reports/social-media-and-messaging-platforms-restricted-in-uganda-ahead-of-general-election-XB7aaO87

NetBlocks

16 January 2026 22:09

⚠️ Update: It's just past midnight in #Uganda where a widespread internet shutdown imposed before elections remains in place.

The disruption continues to hamper news verification, amid reports that opposition leader Bobi Wine has been abducted by an army helicopter.

NetBlocks

26 January 2026 23:11

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a disruption to internet connectivity in Kharkiv, #Ukraine, following a combined UAV and heavy rocket artillery assault by Russia targeting energy infrastructure

NetBlocks

26 January 2026 00:46

⚠️ Update: Further internet outages have been tracked in #Tennessee as Winter Storm Fern brings subzero temperatures, with snow and ice accumulation snapping tree branches and power lines, leaving over 300,000 residents without electricity and communications 🧊 #tnwx

NetBlocks

25 January 2026 12:47

ℹ️ Update: Internet connectivity in Greenland has returned to ordinary levels after the reconnection of electricity, following an overnight disruption to power transmission lines amid strong winds that left capital city #Nuuk in the dark; incident duration ~6 hours 📈

NetBlocks

25 January 2026 05:25

ℹ️ Update: Internet connectivity in #Greenland remains diminished due to an ongoing power cut, as initial attempts to repair transmission lines from Buksefjord hydroelectric plant fail amid strong winds, triggering a transfer to emergency power per energy company Nukissiorfiit.

NetBlocks

25 January 2026 00:47

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a decline in internet connectivity in #Louisiana with high impact to Monroe, attributed to power outages and damaged lines as freezing winter storms start to descend on the eastern US 🌨️ #LAwx

NetBlocks

24 January 2026 03:09

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in Sumy, #Ukraine; the incident comes as Russia launches drone and missile attacks on energy infrastructure, despite ongoing peace talks in Abu Dhabi

NetBlocks

22 January 2026 18:26

ℹ️ Note: Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) is currently experiencing international outages; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown

NetBlocks

22 January 2026 06:19

🗓 Two weeks ago today, #Iran was cut off from the world by an extremist regime as the people went out on the streets to call for change.

With the digital blackout silencing Iranians' voices, authorities perpetrated one of the deadliest crackdowns in modern history.

NetBlocks

21 January 2026 07:44

⏱️ Over 300 hours have passed since #Iran imposed a national internet blackout to hide atrocities. Meanwhile, the regime uses whitelisted networks and places op-eds to shape opinion abroad.

Attempts to obscure the truth will be documented in real time: The world is watching.

NetBlocks

19 January 2026 09:56

⚠️ Update: With the #Iran internet blackout now spanning its twelfth day, metrics show that national connectivity remains minimal. In recent days, the filternet has occasionally allowed messages through, suggesting that the regime is testing a more heavily filtered intranet.

NetBlocks

18 January 2026 16:18

⚠️ Update: Despite the restoration of connectivity in #Uganda after a widespread internet shutdown spanning five days during the election period, live metrics show that multiple social media and messaging platforms remain restricted by authorities

NetBlocks

18 January 2026 09:31

ℹ️ Update: With internet connectivity now largely restored in #Uganda after elections held under a widespread internet shutdown, metrics confirm that the exact same shutdown and social media filtering schedule and mechanism used during the 2021 elections have again been deployed.

NetBlocks

17 January 2026 17:42

⚠️ Update: Internet connectivity continues to flatline in #Iran despite a minor short-lived bump in access earlier today, when new reports of atrocities emerged.

As the shutdown enters day ten, confusion surrounds whether the regime intends to restore service soon, or at all.

NetBlocks

17 January 2026 04:00

⚠️ Update: Metrics show a very slight rise in internet connectivity in #Iran this morning after the 200 hour mark. However, overall connectivity remains at ~2% of ordinary levels and there is no indication of a significant return.

NetBlocks

16 January 2026 18:11

⚠️ Update: In case you missed it, #Iran is in hour 192 of a national internet blackout imposed by the regime after protests spread to multiple cities.

Though news is limited due to the information vacuum, reports indicate thousands have been killed in the subsequent crackdown.