⚠️ Update: Metrics show X/Twitter has now been restricted in #Pakistan for over 120 hours, entering a sixth day of disruption as the nation joins a handful of countries that ban access to international social media platforms 📉

⚠️ Update: Live metrics show #Pakistan's X/Twitter restriction is ongoing into a seventh day; with VPN services also widely restricted, users face increasing difficultly getting online amid heightened concerns over vote rigging after elections conducted under a telecoms shutdown

⚠️ Update: Live metrics show that X/Twitter has now been restricted in #Pakistan for over one week, with service remaining fully or intermittently restricted for most users; the incident comes amidst a surge in internet censorship during elections marred by irregularities 📉

⚠️ Update: Metrics show that X/Twitter remains restricted in #Pakistan into a tenth day, as the nation joins an exclusive set of countries that have imposed extended or permanent bans on international social media platforms

⚠️ Update: Metrics show that X/Twitter remains restricted in #Pakistan despite brief moments of availability; any decision to restore access to the service, banned on 17 Feb amidst concerns over election fraud, will be deferred to an incoming government per local media reports 📉

⚠️ Update: Metrics show that X/Twitter remains restricted in #Pakistan after a measure imposed on 17 February amid concerns over election fraud; meanwhile, a senator for the PPP socialist party has faced a backlash after petitioning to ban other social media platforms 📉

⚠️ Update: Metrics show that X/Twitter has now been restricted in #Pakistan for three weeks; the popular microblogging platform has been largely unavailable since 17 February following a series of social media shutdowns targeting political opposition and an election day telecoms blackout

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a disruption to internet connectivity in #Pakistan affecting multiple providers with high impact to Transworld and Nayatel followed by recovery; operators attribute the incident, which comes amid ongoing X/Twitter restrictions, to a technical issue

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show that X/Twitter has now been restricted in #Pakistan for two months; the popular microblogging platform has been largely unavailable since 17 February after authorities imposed social media blackouts and an internet shutdown during the election period

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a major disruption to internet connectivity in Azad Kashmir, #Pakistan, amid widespread protests with casualties reported as authorities deploy security forces under Section 144; the incident is likely to limit coverage of events on the ground 📉

⚠️ Update: Network data show that the internet disruption in Azad Kashmir, #Pakistan, is ongoing as authorities crack down on protests amid reports of rising casualties; service was briefly restored during negotiations on Monday but shut down again after deadly clashes 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show restrictions to Facebook are in effect on multiple providers in #Pakistan adding to the ongoing X ban imposed since 17 February; the new measure comes on the Islamic holy day of Ashura when authorities typically restrict mobile internet services 📵

⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a nation-scale disruption to internet connectivity in #Pakistan; metrics show national connectivity at 24% of ordinary levels, corroborating user reports of a widespread outage 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show WhatsApp backends have been restricted in #Pakistan corroborating reports of media sharing issues; the measure comes as authorities tighten security ahead of protests planned by opposition party PTI calling for the release of former PM Imran Khan

ℹ️ Confirmed: Metrics show access to X (formerly Twitter) has been restored in #Pakistan as conflict breaks out with neigbouring India. The platform was restricted by authories in February 2024 after it was used to draw attention to instances of alleged election fraud

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a major disruption to internet connectivity across #Pakistan with high impact to backbone operator PTCL; overall national connectivity is down to 20% of ordinary levels 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: A series of subsea cable outages in the Red Sea has degraded internet connectivity in multiple countries including #Pakistan and #India; the incident is attributed to failures affecting the SMW4 and IMEWE cable systems near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 📉

⚠️ Note: Connectivity on internet provider StormFiber (AS9541) in #Pakistan remains dimished 28 hours after a disruption attributed to an incident on the PEACE subsea cable

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a major disruption to internet connectivity in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, #Pakistan, as President Zardari imposes emergency rule, suspending the provincial government led by jailed former PM Imran Khan's PTI amid protests demanding his release