#NetBlocks

2025-09-30

On Monday, internet-access advocacy group #Netblocks said that live metrics showed connectivity in #Afghanistan had “collapsed” to 14% of ordinary levels, with a near-total nationwide telecoms disruption in effect.

“The incident is likely to severely limit the public’s ability to contact the outside world,” the group added.

The AP was unable to contact its #Kabul bureau, as well as #journalists in the eastern & southern provinces of Nangarhar & Helmand.

#totalitarianism #theocracy

Christian Peachchpietsch@fedifreu.de
2025-09-18

Wer noch nicht weiß, was ein überspezifisches Dementi ist, findet hier ein schönes Beispiel:

2015 enthüllte etwa die NGO Privacy International, dass Pakistan Überwachungstechnologien deutscher Unternehmen nutzte. Bereits damals war die massive Überwachungswut des Landes bekannt. Eines der deutschen Unternehmen, Utimaco, soll Medienberichten zufolge auch in Myanmar aktiv gewesen sein. Auf Anfrage hieß es von Utimaco, das Unternehmen habe stets alle Gesetze und Vorschriften eingehalten. Außerdem hätte man niemals direkte Geschäfte mit einem der Mobilfunknetzbetreiber in Myanmar getätigt.

derstandard.at/story/300000028

#Geedge #GreatFirewall #China #Pakistan #Kasachstan #Äthiopien #Myanmar #Burma #Massenüberwachung #Utimaco #Sandvine #Applogic #VPN #Tor #NetBlocks #InternetSperren #Medienkompetenz

2025-06-22

📌 Iranian activist platforms:

For the fourth day, the internet has been cut off in large areas of Iran, with less than a third of Iranians connected

- WA

#Iran #Israel #Trump #War #Gaza #UN #USA #Hyprocrites #Europe #FreePalestine #SaveGaza #Genocide #Uk #EU #West #Palestine #USPol #Zionism #Internet #Netblocks

𝕂𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚔ℙ𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕kubikpixel@chaos.social
2025-03-21

»Aufruhr in der Türkei–Dutzende für Beiträge in sozialen Netzen festgenommen:
In der Türkei häufen sich Proteste gegen die Festnahme des aussichtsreichsten Konkurrenten von Staatschef Erdoğan. Die Behörden gehen rigide gegen Kritik vor.«

Wenn ihr auch sonst weltweit sehen wollt, wie und wo das Internet zugelassen oder/und geblockt wird, ist @netblocks im Allgemeinen detailliert informatiev.

🕵️ heise.de/news/Tuerkei-Dutzende

#turkei #netblocks #freeweb #internet #web #kritik #protest #politik #erdogan

:awesome:🐦‍🔥nemo™🐦‍⬛ 🇺🇦🍉nemo@mas.to
2024-10-23

NetBlocks is on a mission to expose internet censorship and promote digital rights 🌐✊. Their real-time data reveals how countries like #Indonesia and #Iraq are blocking social media features to suppress free expression. 📵 Let's stand together for an open internet! 💪 #KeepItOn #DigitalRights #InternetFreedom #NetBlocks 🌍✨

🔗 netblocks.org/projects/observa

@netblocks

2024-08-08

The recent internet disruptions in Bangladesh have now ended, and just an hour ago, the advisor of the interim government took the oath of office. I've shut down all public proxy servers I was running since regular VPNs like ProtonVPN are functioning fine now. I'll also be shutting down my Akkoma instance at social.mitexleo.one, as I've transitioned to using Mastodon.

Unfortunately, I won't be able to work full-time, part-time, or take on any freelance jobs due to my college exams and the need to prepare for university admissions. This means I'll have to minimize my living expenses, and I won't have any income for at least the next 4-5 months. However, I'll continue to run our public Fediverse instance, buddyverse.one, for as long as possible.

My personal instance also needs an upgrade, as I'm getting a lot of interaction from you all—boosts, likes, and replies! Both my Akkoma and Mastodon instances see CPU and RAM usage spike to 100% when this happens since I'm running on a $5 Linode plan. The current cost for running my Mastodon instance is $10/month (Nanode + Linode Object Storage), and for Buddyverse.one, it's just $5/month. This is a significant reduction from the more than $100/month I used to spend!

I plan to operate a proxy and VPN server again soon. I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone who supported me financially and inspired me to fight against censorship in Bangladesh during these challenging times. I'll be forever grateful to you all. 💛

I also plan to work for the poor, minorities, and those who need our help in the future. The Fediverse has truly transformed my life—I’ve never had so much meaningful discussion or interaction, even offline, let alone on Facebook or Twitter. I know I act dumb sometimes, and I ask for your forgiveness for that. Please don't hesitate to let me know if I ever do something wrong or hurt you in any way. I'm open to change.

#fediverse #mastodon #StudentMovement #StepDownHasina #Bangladesh #Privacy #Love #Kindness #ThankYouFedi #SaveBangladeshiStudents #ReformBangladesh #USA #EU #UK #InternetBlackout #Netblocks

Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.socialNorobiik@noc.social
2024-03-14

#IvoryCoast, #Liberia, #Benin, #Ghana and #BurkinaFaso among countries experiencing outages.

#NetworkDisruptions caused by cable damage have occurred in #Africa in recent years. However, today’s disruption “points to something larger [and] this is amongst the most severe,” said #IsikMater, director of research at #NetBlocks

Much of west and central Africa without internet after #UnderseaCable failures
theguardian.com/technology/202

2024-03-06

The new Hadopi? Piracy Shield blocks innocent Web sites and makes it hard for them to appeal

Italy’s newly-installed Piracy Shield system, put in place by the country’s national telecoms regulator, Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (Authority for Communications Guarantees, AGCOM), is already failing in significant ways. One issue became evident in February, when the VPN provider AirVPN announced that it would no longer accept users resident […]

#agcom #airvpn #appealProcess #cloudflare #HADOPI #isp #italy #netBlocks #overblocking #piracyShield #torrentfreak #transparency #vpn #youtube

https://walledculture.org/the-new-hadopi-piracy-shield-blocks-innocent-web-sites-and-makes-it-hard-for-them-to-appeal/

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴HistoPol
2024-03-05

@Snowshadow @TonyStark

I'm not convinced:

Via @thehill

-based internet monitoring firm said the issues appeared to be “related to login sessions in multiple countries.” But the firm, which advocates for internet freedom, said there was no sign of “country-level internet disruptions or filtering,” which are typically imposed by governments."

thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_m

2024-02-14

Italy’s new Piracy Shield has just gone into operation and is already harming human rights there

Back in October, Walled Culture wrote about the grandly-named “Piracy Shield”. This is Italy’s new Internet blocking system, which assumes people are guilty until innocent, and gives the copyright industry a disproportionate power to control what is available online, no court orders required. Piracy Shield went live in December, and has just issued its first […]

#agcom #airvpn #italy #netBlocks #piracyShield #privacy #security #vpn

https://walledculture.org/italys-new-piracy-shield-has-just-gone-into-operation-and-is-already-harming-human-rights-there/

Новини Українськоюrss_ukr_news
2023-12-21

「最新情報:日曜日のほぼ全面的な通信停電の後、 # ガザ 地区でインターネット接続が回復しつつあることが指標で示されており 、これは現在のイスラエルとの紛争が始まって以来2番目に長い期間となった。 全体的なサービスは依然として戦前の水準を大幅に下回っている」
2023年11月06日 16:38

mastodon.social/@netblocks/111

#prattohome #netblocks

2023-10-26

A welcome attempt to take down Piracy Shield, Italy’s pre-emptive and unfair Net block system

The copyright industry’s war on the Internet and its users has gone through various stages (full details and links to numerous references in Walled Culture the book, free digital versions available).

The first was to sue Internet users directly for sharing files. By 2007, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) had sued at least 30,000 individuals. …

#agcom #france #HADOPI #italy #jammieThomas #netBlocks #pirateShield #riaa #torrentfreak

https://walledculture.org/a-welcome-attempt-to-take-down-piracy-shield-italys-pre-emptive-and-unfair-net-block-system/

deltatux :mapleleaf:deltatux@mstdn.ca
2023-08-14

Due to the outbreak of wildfires in the Northwest Territories, NetBlocks (an Internet research firm) observed a major drop in Internet connectivity in NWT.

Source: mastodon.social/@netblocks/110

#wildfire #NorthwestTerritories #NWT #Canada #Internet #NetBlocks

Major drop in Internet traffic from the Northwest Territories due to the major wildfires in the region.
𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚝christian@social.jcs-net.de
2023-06-24

In #Russland blockieren große Internetprovider derzeit offenbar gezielt Google News. Das hat die Organisation #NetBlocks ermittelt und auf Twitter mitgeteilt.
heise.de/news/Russland-Interne

2023-06-13

another year, another block

#algerian government blocks network access nation wide to "stop kids from cheating", but the real reason is that they keep leaking the exam papers due to corrupt officials, so they say it's because "kids are cheating" ( Yes that's somewhat true, kids cheat in exams, all over the world, yet their government doesn't block their network access )

#privacy #keepiton #netblocks #algeria #africa

@netblocks mastodon.social/@netblocks/110

🌪 MikeMathia.com 📡mikemathia@ioc.exchange
2023-02-15

ℹ️ #NetBlocks #Confirmed: Twitter is experiencing international outages for some users; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown @netblocks

Davide Tommasin ዳቪድnagaye@sociale.network
2023-02-10

⚠️ Le metriche di rete mostrano che le piattaforme di social media e messaggistica Facebook, Messenger, TikTok e Telegram sono state limitate in #Etiopia 🇪🇹 a causa delle proteste antigovernative per una scissione nella Chiesa ortodossa etiope di Tewhado #EOTC
#NetBlocks
netblocks.org/reports/social-m

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