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🗓️ Three months ago today #Iran shut off access to the global internet. While connectivity has now largely returned, metrics indicate that users still face heavy filtering, similar to the interim period between the January protests and the start of the war.
🫶 Welcome back #Iran! Metrics show a further rise in connectivity as mobile networks and other segments are reconnected to the global internet: • Filternet remains in place but can be worked around • WhatsApp now restricted, requiring circumvention • Some users still offline
🗓️ Network data show #Iran's internet blackout is entering its 13th week after surpassing 2016 hours of digital isolation from the outside world. Daily life for most Iranians is now shaped by the loss of opportunities and access to information others can reach in seconds.
🗓️ Today marks the 80th day of #Iran's internet blackout, with the shutdown passing 1896 hours. Meanwhile, pro-regime content floods social media, as Iranians seeking to get pro/whitelist access say they are being asked to meet a quota of daily propaganda posts, policed by AI.
💸 #Iran's internet blackout is now past hour 1776, entering its 75th day. The digital censorship measure has led to profiteering and a decline in digital security as government-backed "pro" internet schemes and selective whitelisting result in surveillance, corruption and scams.
📢 The internet blackout in #Iran has entered its 73rd as the incident surpasses 1728 hours. Open internet access is a right that underpins all other liberties, and its deprivation severely limits the public's ability to document and remediate fundamental human rights violations.
📉 Metrics show the #Iran internet blackout is now in its 72nd day with connectivity flatlining after 1704 hours. The unprecedented measure is well into its third month with no indication of a wider restoration as authorities bar the general public from international access.
🛜 #Iran's internet blackout has now entered its 11th week after 1680 hours largely cut off from the rest of the world. The censorship measure presents an extraordinary barrier to knowledge, information and communications for Iranians trying to go about their daily lives.
📵 #Iran's internet blackout is entering its 68th day after 1608 hours. The general public have now been largely cut off from the global internet for 70% of the year 2026 to date, with some reporting no contact since the beginning of the first digital shutdown in January.
⚖️ The internet blackout in #Iran is now entering its 67th day after passing incident hour 1584. The digital censorship measure casts a veil of silence around the growing number of reported executions, denying victims visibility, accountability, and the basic right to be heard.
⏱️ It's now the 66th consecutive day of #Iran's internet blackout with the censorship measure surpassing 1560 hours. Despite the distribution of some international access via pro-regime channels, metrics confirm that there is still no restoration of service to the general public.
🛰️ #Iran's internet blackout has entered its 64th day after 1512 hours of near-total isolation from international networks. The shutdown is accompanied by a regime crackdown on VPNs and satellite terminals, with alarming reports of a Starlink user killed during inspection raids.
🎓 The #Iran internet blackout has entered its 62nd consecutive day after 1464 hours, with the general public broadly cut off from the world. Beyond human rights and economic impacts, the measure severely hinders schooling and higher education by decimating access to knowledge.
☎️ It's now day 61 of #Iran's internet blackout as the nation-scale censorship measure surpasses 1440 hours. As the shutdown continues in its third month, Iran's digital environment is more tightly controlled than ever with all communication channels restricted and monitored.
🗓️ Exactly two months ago on 28 February, #Iran was thrown into digital darkness as authorities cut off access to the global internet. Metrics show the blackout is now entering its 60th day after 1416 hours despite regime efforts to introduce tiered access for privileged groups.
⏰ The internet blackout in #Iran is now on its 58th consecutive day, continuing in its ninth week past the 1368 hour mark. The ongoing measure remains in effect, impeding independent reporting and documentation nationwide.
🗓️ Exactly eight weeks have passed since 28 February when #Iran was placed under a regime-imposed internet blackout. The disruption, now entering its 57th day after 1344 hours, stifles the voices of Iranians, leaves friends and family out of touch and damages the economy.
🗓️ The internet blackout in #Iran is now on its 55th consecutive day as connectivity flatlines at 2% of ordinary levels after 1296 hours. Restrictions on global network access continue to hinder online commerce, payment systems and digitally dependent sectors of the economy.
📉 #Iran's internet shutdown has entered its 52nd day after 1224 hours. Metrics show that the general public remain cut off from international networks, while authorities continue efforts to segregate users and provide selective access to favored groups.
⏱️ The internet blackout in #Iran has now surpassed the 1200 hour mark, continuing in its eighth week as of day 51. As peace negotiations appear to flounder, one of the most important factors for Iranians, the restoration of international connectivity, is still overlooked.
🗓️ #Iran has now been isolated from the global internet for seven weeks with the digital blackout entering its 50th day after 1176 hours. Metrics show the measure, unprecedented for a connected society, continues to the detriment of most Iranians' livelihoods and human rights.
⌛️ The internet shutdown in #Iran has now entered its 49th day after incident hour 1152. International connectivity remains low, around 2% of ordinary levels, despite some users gaining partial access to the Google search home page, as was also observed in the January blackout.
📵 #Iran's internet blackout is now entering its 47th day after 1104 hours without international connectivity for the general public. The measure continues to severely limit Iranians' ability to check on the safety of friends and loved ones across borders.
📨 At 1080 hours, #Iran's internet shutdown continues to harm lives and livelihoods as the country enters its 46th day without international access. Despite a slight widening of the whitelist system, Iranians have to take risks just to get a message through to the outside world.
🗓️ Exactly six weeks ago on Saturday 28 February, #Iran fell victim to a regime-imposed internet blackout that remains in place after 1008 hours, now entering day 43. The censorship measure's harms grow daily, damaging livelihoods and violating Iranians' digital and human rights.
⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has entered its 40th day after 936 hours of near-total disconnection from the outside world. The wartime censorship measure continues even as the US and Iran regimes each declare victory, with the Iranian people once again left in the dark.
