NetBlocks
⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show a significant disruption to internet connectivity in #Syria; the shutdown is understood to be a measure to counter leaks and cheating in school exams, following the pattern established in previous years 📉
⚠️ Update: Internet connectivity has been disrupted in #Syria for a second morning, matching the government's published of scheduled practical and lab exams which officially commenced yesterday morning 🏫📉
📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-during-school-exams-JBQV2Lyo
📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-during-school-exams-JBQV2Lyo
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⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show that internet connectivity has been cut across #Syria, as authorities continue to impose far-reaching internet shutdowns to prevent cheating in school exams
Meanwhile, internet access has again been shut down this morning by #Iraq, which, like Syria, has made it policy to disconnect the population from the internet while students sit examinations 📉
📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-during-school-exams-JBQV2Lyo
Meanwhile, internet access has again been shut down this morning by #Iraq, which, like Syria, has made it policy to disconnect the population from the internet while students sit examinations 📉
📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-during-school-exams-JBQV2Lyo
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ℹ️ Confirmed: #Syria implemented a new internet shutdown this morning lasting some 4 hours as a measure to secure the distribution of school exam papers and limit cheating.
📰 Learn more about the countries that go offline during exam season: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-during-school-exams-JBQV2Lyo
📰 Learn more about the countries that go offline during exam season: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-during-school-exams-JBQV2Lyo
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NetBlocks
⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show subnational social media restrictions in effect in Kayseri, #Turkey, amidst widening unrest with shops and vehicles burned in anti-Syrian riots over child assault
Incidents in Kayseri have also spilled over into the wider region with counter-protests in Aleppo and Afrin, northern #Syria, resulting in clashes with the Turkish military; network data show disruptions to internet connectivity along the borderlands corroborating user reports 📉
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⚠️ Note: Internet connectivity in #Syria remains below ordinary levels after a series of partial telecoms disruptions and power cuts during the last days of the Assad regime; service is so far largely sustained in Damascus, while Hama and Homs have been heavily impacted 📉
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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a multi-hour national disruption to internet connectivity in #Syria; the Ministry of Communications has identified "sabotage by remnants of the Assad regime" and the cutting of fiber links as the cause of the outage, which has since been resolved
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