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NetBlocks retweeted
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A new pattern, Russia's deliberate drone campaign targeting Ukrainian data centers:
Sept. 24, At least four Kyiv internet providers and their downstreams serving Ukraine experienced a partial loss of connectivity on Wednesday morning. Disruptions were linked to Russian drone attacks targeting data centers allegedly used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Sept. 26, Metrics showed a new disruption on the network of Cosmonova after a Russian drone attack on the company's data center in Kyiv. Russia's MoD claims the facility is linked to supplying Starlink communications to Ukraine's military.
Sept. 27, The campaign continued with an attack on Omega Telecom's facilities in Kyiv. Russia's MoD claims the company is involved in supplying networking and database storage to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Sept. 28, A new disruption was identified in the network of the DreamLine colocation provider, corresponding with reports and footage of struck premises emerging from Kyiv.
A sustained, deliberate Russian drone campaign against Ukrainian data infrastructure, with Moscow publicly justifying each strike by alleging military links.
Source: @netblocks
NetBlocks retweeted
ℹ️ Update: Connectivity is gradually returning to web host and domain registrar #Namecheap after a multi-hour platform-wide outage. Status updates point to ongoing overheating issues amid a power outage at the phoenixNAP data center that has impacted multiple hosting providers.
CPJ and RSF are warning that the #Iranian government is using an ongoing 83-day nationwide internet blackout to hide a severe crackdown on independent media and call on Iranian authorities to immediately restore full internet access across the country, cease all judicial harassment and arbitrary detentions of media workers, and release all journalists imprisoned for their reporting.
cpj.org/2026/05/cpj-rsf-warn…
NetBlocks retweeted
هر روز که نت‌بلاکس عدد روزهای قطع سراسری اینترنت در ایران رو اعلام می‌کنه، یه عده میگن "خب شمردن که کاری نداره، خودمونم بلدیم".
ولی مسئله فقط شمردن نیست؛ مسئله اینه که نباید این قضیه عادی‌سازی و فراموش بشه. اگر فکر می‌کنیم راه مؤثرتری برای اثرگذاری وجود داره، خوبه؛ ولی سوال اینجاست که چرا تماشا می‌کنیم؟
۷۲ روز گذشته و هیچ اقدام جدی‌ای برای کمک جهت اتصال آزاد به اینترنت انجام نشده، کسب‌وکارها نابود شدن، آدم‌ها شغلشون رو از دست دادن و سفره خیلی از خانواده‌ها کوچیک‌تر شده. مردم برای یک اتصال معمولی باید میلیون‌ها تومان از جیب خودشون هزینه کنن و در عین حال بخش بزرگی از نهادها و جوامع حقوق بشری نسبت به تداوم قطع اینترنت، سرکوب، دستگیری‌ها و اعدام‌ها سکوت رو ترجیح میدن.
در فضایی که همه‌چیز خیلی سریع به حاشیه میره، استمرار در اطلاع‌رسانی خودش یک کار مهمه و همین گزارش‌های روزانه امثال @netblocks حداقل باعث میشه موضوع قطع اینترنت در ایران کامل از توجه‌ها خارج نشه!
#DigitalBlackOutIran
NetBlocks retweeted
Twitter poll: should social media companies suspend the accounts of governments and officials who shut down or censor the internet?
83%Yes. Suspend them
8%No. Let them speak
9%It’s complicated
11,112 votes • Final results NetBlocks retweeted
Iran’s internet blackout has now continued for 30 days, cutting the vast majority of the country’s roughly 92 million people off from the outside world through four weeks of war, according to NetBlocks. nytimes.com/live/2026/03/29/…
NetBlocks retweeted
La reducción del tráfico de internet en Cuba se da al mismo tiempo que la red eléctrica colapsa, como consecuencia del bloqueo de suministros desde Venezuela.
NetBlocks retweeted
Iran's internet situation continues to worsen, and it's getting increasingly difficult to reach out to people in the country
(This post is from activist Ilia Hashemi)
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics indicate a collapse in connectivity on AS12880, a key #Iran telecoms network that had so far remained partly online as part of the ~1% reserved state infrastructure. The incident corroborates reports of instability on the NIN domestic intranet.
NetBlocks retweeted
There's been a notable drop in the number of videos coming out of Iran in the last 24 hours.
I've now heard from multiple sources inside Iran that the government has further tightened its imposed internet blackout by closing loopholes and targeting those with Starlink access.
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics indicate a collapse in connectivity on AS12880, a key #Iran telecoms network that had so far remained partly online as part of the ~1% reserved state infrastructure. The incident corroborates reports of instability on the NIN domestic intranet.
NetBlocks retweeted
Congo-Brazzaville🇨🇬 President Denis Sassou N’Guesso's government has imposed a nationwide internet blackout on the day of the presidential elections.
"Network data show a nation-scale disruption to internet connectivity in the Republic of #Congo", @netblocks reports.
His government has made it a habit to switch off network connectivity during presidential elections. A similar blackout was observed during the March 2021 election.
N’Guesso, 82, who is seeking re-election, has been in power for a total of 42 years.
He is the third longest ruling African leader, after Cameroon ’s Paul Biya and Equatorial Guinea ’s Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
In 2015, his government conducted a referendum that removed presidential age limits and term limits, allowing him to remain eligible for office.
NetBlocks retweeted
Internet connectivity across the Republic of Congo was disrupted on Sunday as voters cast ballots in a presidential election, global internet watchdog NetBlocks said
Read more: trtafrika.com/english/articl…
NetBlocks retweeted
"BRAZZAVILLE, March 15 (@Reuters) - A widespread internet outage hit Congo Republic on Sunday, internet monitoring group @NetBlocks said, as the Central African nation voted in a presidential election widely expected to extend 82-year-old Denis Sassou Nguesso's decades-long rule by another five years.
Sassou faces a weak field of challengers, with two of the country’s best‑known opposition leaders in prison and others in exile."
reuters.com/world/africa/con…
NetBlocks retweeted
People in Iran, under heavy fire and regime’s full internet blackout, are suffocating. Be their voice: @netblocks
“A government that, in the midst of war, when everyone is anxious for one another and the only way to receive evacuation alerts is through the internet, cuts off communication channels and keeps terrified citizens in pitch darkness is the nation's true enemy.
If you're outside of Iran, protest this blackout on our behalf. We're suffocating.” #IranWar #EpicFury
NetBlocks retweeted
Amis au #Gabon, vous pouvez utiliser ce service de @netblocks pour aider à vérifier l’état de votre connexion Internet et les perturbations éventuelles des réseaux sociaux. api.webprobe.org/
NetBlocks retweeted
WhatsApp is the defacto top e-commerce platform in Africa. When a government shuts it down, it destroys small business, harms entrepreneurs.
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show multiple online platforms are now restricted in #Gabon after the High Authority for Communication (HAC) announced the immediate suspension of social media in the country, citing its use to disseminate "inappropriate" content among other grievances
NetBlocks retweeted
Gabon's🇬🇦 President, Brice Oligui Nguema's government has ordered the immediate suspension of some social media platfoms "until further notice," citing concerns that posts could undermine social cohesion and threaten the stability of institutions and national security.
Internet monitoring group @netblocks says that access to Meta services, YouTube and TikTok was now restricted in Gabon.
Source: @Reuters.
NetBlocks retweeted
جمعه‌شب است در #Iran و اینترنت، ۲۲ روزِ کامل پس از آغاز قطع سراسری، همچنان به‌شدت فیلتر و محدود است؛ دسترسی فقط با «لیست سفید» و وصل و قطع شدن‌های مقطعی، تماس ایرانیان با جهان بیرون را به حداقل رسانده است. شبکه‌ها از بیرون قابل مشاهده‌اند، اما برای اغلب کاربران داخل کشور عملاً قفل و به‌طور گسترده مسدود شده‌اند.
🗓️ It's Friday evening in #Iran where internet remains heavily filtered 22 full days after the blackout as whitelisting and intermittent connectivity continue to limit Iranians' contact with the outside world. Networks are visible internationally but broadly restricted.
NetBlocks retweeted
دقيقاً سه هفته پيش، در سراسر ايران قطع سراسری اينترنت برای پنهان کردن کشتار غيرنظاميان اعمال شد و همچنان رويه «ليست سفيد» و فيلترينگ شديد برقرار است.
اين رخداد از شديدترين موارد ثبت‌شده از اين نوع است و از نظر مدت زمان، تنها در جريان جنگ‌های داخلی در ميانمار و سودان نمونه‌های طولانی‌تری از آن وجود داشته است.
🗓️ Exactly three weeks ago #Iran imposed a national internet blackout to obscure civilian killings. Whitelisting and heavy filtering are still in effect.
The incident is among the most severe of its kind on record, exceeded in duration only during civil war in Myanmar and Sudan.
NetBlocks retweeted
I'm also monitoring inbound connectivity into Iran, and what I'm seeing is even more alarming. The "return" is happening sector by sector, through whitelisting. What we feared for years is no longer a theory. This is the endgame, now policy. 1/2
⚠️ Update: 20 full days after #Iran imposed a national internet blackout, most ordinary users still face heavy filtering and intermittent service under a whitelist system despite a significant increase in internationally visible networks and datacenters.
NetBlocks retweeted
⚠️ به‌روزرسانی: بیست روز کامل پس از اعمال قطع سراسری اینترنت در ایران، بیشتر کاربران عادی همچنان با فیلترینگ سنگین و دسترسی مقطعی در چارچوب یک نظام فهرست سفید روبه‌رو هستند؛ این در حالی است که شمار شبکه‌ها و دیتاسنترهایی که در سطح بین‌المللی قابل مشاهده‌اند به‌طور قابل توجهی افزایش یافته است.
⚠️ Update: 20 full days after #Iran imposed a national internet blackout, most ordinary users still face heavy filtering and intermittent service under a whitelist system despite a significant increase in internationally visible networks and datacenters.