The ongoing Internet shutdown in Pakistan's Azad Jammu and Kashmir is nearing 2-week duration. The shutdown was put into place after protests related to electoral representation for Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Follow connectivity in near realtime […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The IODA team and @ProjectAinita have documented a measurement-based perspective of the ongoing shutdown cutting Iran off from the global Internet. The Iranian regime has morphed a "stealth Internet blackout" from June 2025 into a new Internet […]

Since Feb 28th, Iranian Internet users have not had access to the global Internet. On April 14th, the Iranian government unveiled implementation of "Internet Pro" and this access is visible in IODA's integration of Google product data. Follow connectivity in […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The damage to Amazon Web Services (AS16509) in Bahrain is visible in IODA with Active Probing dropping to 0% and BGP making a slight drop at 12:50 UTC. Follow connectivity of AS16509 in near realtime: https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/asn/16509-BH?from=1774544587&until=1775149387

The current, ongoing near total Internet shutdown in Iran, disconnecting Iranians from the global Internet, is now longer than the January 2026 shutdown during nation-wide protests. This makes the current shutdown the longest shutdown IODA has documented in […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Evidence of power shortage in Cuba is visible in IODA's Internet connectivity signals. The ~20% drop in Active Probing occurred earlier this month and appears similar to historic power outages visible in IODA data. https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/CU?from=1729782277&until=1730991877

IODA data shows that the Internet in the Republic of Congo has been offline for ~12 hours amid a government shutdown during national elections. Follow Internet connectivity in the Republic of Congo in near realtime […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Iran's connectivity to the global Internet briefly recovered on March 12 6:35 PM - 6:55 PM local time when a state-owned network (AS58224) that 32.9% of the population in Iran is connected to appeared to toggle its routing announcements off-on-off-on over a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

In addition to the ongoing shutdown of the Internet in Iran, IODA sees evidence of damage to critical Internet or power infrastructure through simultaneous drops in Routing Announcements across various networks. For example, at ~6:00 PM local time today we see 5 networks show simultaneous drops.

IODA shows the Internet in Iran has been cutoff from the global Internet since ~7:00 AM UTC. The regime implemented a similar Internet shutdown when Israel attacked Iran in June of 2025. Follow connectivity in Iran in near realtime […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

As of 3:30 AM IST, January 27, IODA observed a sharp increase in Active Probing. This signal measures connectivity to the global Internet by pinging devices on Iranian networks and collecting responses in order to label networks as connected […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

IODA's Telescope signal is showing signs of sustained, partial recovery since ~7:30 PM Jan 24th, 2026. This is the first sign of sustained recovery of the Telescope signal, which measures unsolicited Internet traffic from Iran to the global Internet, since […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The IODA team completed a comparative analysis of the ongoing Internet shutdown in Iran to shutdowns during Bloody November in 2019, Women Life Freedom Movement in 2022, and the Israel-Iran War in 2025. Please read and reach out with any questions […]

Signs of restoration of the Internet in Iran have not translated to meaningful connectivity with the global Internet for Iranians. Signs of domestic Internet whitelisting are apparent as Google Search usage in-country ticks up […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The IODA team wrote an article on the January 2026 Iran shutdown. Read our analysis here: https://theconversation.com/irans-latest-internet-blackout-extends-to-phones-and-starlink-273439?utm_medium=article_native_share

Iran’s latest internet blackout extends to phones and Starlink

Iran’s internet shutdown cuts off most communication with the outside world during violent repression of national protests.

theconversation.com

IODA sees signs of recovery of Internet connectivity in Iran for ISP Rightel. https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/asn/57218-IR?from=1767497620&until=1768620820&view=view1 Follow connectivity in Iran in near realtime […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Our estimates of comparative duration of Internet shutdowns in Iran: - Jan 2026: 7.1449 days, 171.477 hours - June 2025: 2.0208 days, 48.5 hours - Sep - Oct 2022: ~100 hours of mobile only over ~2 weeks - Nov 2019: 6.8333 days, 164 hours

The Ugandan government has appeared to follow through with a pre-announced Internet shutdown during national elections. IODA data confirms the drop in Internet connectivity. Follow Internet connectivity in Uganda in near realtime […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

IODA data confirms the ongoing, complete government-directed shutdown of the Internet in Iran since January 8th. Similar to the June 2025 shutdown during the Israel-Iran war, routing (BGP) is largely unaffected. Follow connectivity in near realtime […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The Internet in Iran remains largely offline since 16:30 UTC/ 9:00 PM local time. Follow connectivity in Iran in near realtime: https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IR?from=1767364995&until=1767969795&view=view1

IODA's Active Probing measurements indicate Iran is nearly completely offline from the global Internet. Follow connectivity in near realtime: https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IR?from=1765302138&until=1767894138&view=view1

Iranians have experienced significant instability and disruption in Internet access since nation-wide protests started Dec 29. IODA's view of the Internet interference is most visible in Active Probing. Our Active Probing signal has shown abnormal drops Jan […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

On Election Day, Tanzania is experiencing a near total Internet shutdown. Follow connectivity in Tanzania in near realtime: https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/TZ?from=1761655255&until=1761741655&view=view1 #keepiton

The impact of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica is visible in IODA. Active Probing shows steady decline by ~20%. This decline in Internet connectivity appears driven by ISP FLOW Jamaica. Near realtime Internet connectivity data in Jamaica […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

An Internet disruption is ongoing in Cameroon as the country awaits election results. The disruption began at 3:55 AM UTC. Several ISPs are affected. Cause of the disruption is currently unconfirmed but the WACS is reported to have had "an incident." […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

IODA collaborated with Miaan Group and ASL19 to co-author a report on the 2025 shutdown of the Internet in Iran during the war with Israel. Key contributors included @radar @dougmadory @ooni @Tor and more! Access the report here […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Today's Internet shutdown in Afghanistan is an extension of recent government-directed shutdowns of fiber optic Internet, localized to specific provinces and motivated by a morality crackdown. Read more in our blog post […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@dougmadory/115287682452133375 The country-wide, government-ordered shutdown in Afghanistan is visible in IODA. Starting at 5:00 PM local time, the shutdown is ongoing. Follow connectivity in Afghanistan in near realtime […]

The IODA team is excited to announce the release of new data that aims to measure generalized throttling, using IODA's Active Probing signal. Please come chat with us in the OMG Village at Global Gathering to learn more! […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

IODA shows three recent government-ordered shutdowns in Iraq, affecting most but not all provinces. All shutdowns are related to exams to prevent cheating. Follow connectivity in Iraq in near realtime: https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IQ?from=1756032303&until=1756377903&view=view1