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KeepItOn Internet Shutdowns 2025

Rising and resisting in the darkness: internet shutdowns in 2025

31 Mar 2026 •

Launching today, March 31, 2026, Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition’s new report, Rising repression meets global resistance: Internet shutdowns in 2025, reveals that at least 313 shutdowns were implemented in 52 countries.

Press Release
Rising and resisting in the darkness: internet shutdowns in 2025
31 Mar 2026
Rising and resisting in the darkness: internet shutdowns in 2025

2026 elections and internet shutdowns watch

26 Mar 2026 •

Governments around the world continue to shut down the internet during elections. Join our 2025 elections watch to #KeepItOn.

Campaign
2026 elections and internet shutdowns watch
26 Mar 2026
2026 elections and internet shutdowns watch
Cameroon

Connect the population: Access Now demands end to Iran’s continued internet blackout amid war

11 Mar 2026 •

join the international community, including the UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission, in calling on Iran to immediately restore internet and mobile communications and in demanding accountability and transparency for the grave human rights violations documented in the country

Press Release
Connect the population: Access Now demands end to Iran’s continued internet blackout amid war
11 Mar 2026
Connect the population: Access Now demands end to Iran’s continued internet blackout amid war
Internet shutdowns typology of harm socials

Submission to the Constitutional Court of Kazakhstan on 2022 internet shutdowns

10 Mar 2026 •

With increasing development of AI applications, it’s crucial for Sri Lanka to
develop a strong foundational guide for the use of emerging technology.

Publication
Submission to the Constitutional Court of Kazakhstan on 2022 internet shutdowns
10 Mar 2026
Submission to the Constitutional Court of Kazakhstan on 2022 internet shutdowns
Cameroon

#KeepItOn: authorities must reverse social media shutdown order and restore access in Gabon

20 Feb 2026 •

We urgently demand the government of Gabon to immediately reverse orders to shut down social media indefinitely in the country. The order is in gross violation of national and international human rights frameworks and must not be allowed to continue.

Press Release
#KeepItOn: authorities must reverse social media shutdown order and restore access in Gabon
20 Feb 2026
#KeepItOn: authorities must reverse social media shutdown order and restore access in Gabon
Cameroon

Civil society coalition calls for Direct-to-Cell satellite connectivity amid Iran’s internet shutdowns

23 Jan 2026
Press Release
Civil society coalition calls for Direct-to-Cell satellite connectivity amid Iran’s internet shutdowns
23 Jan 2026
Civil society coalition calls for Direct-to-Cell satellite connectivity amid Iran’s internet shutdowns
Cameroon

#KeepItOn: Iran plunged into digital darkness, concealing human rights abuses

13 Jan 2026 •

join the international community, including the UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission, in calling on Iran to immediately restore internet and mobile communications and in demanding accountability and transparency for the grave human rights violations documented in the country

Press Release
#KeepItOn: Iran plunged into digital darkness, concealing human rights abuses
13 Jan 2026
#KeepItOn: Iran plunged into digital darkness, concealing human rights abuses
Cameroon

#KeepItOn coalition raise the alarm on potential shutdown during upcoming elections in Uganda

12 Jan 2026 •

As millions of people prepare to head to the polls in Uganda on January, 15 2026, Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition — a global network of over 345 organizations from 106 countries working to end internet shutdowns, has urged President Yoweri Museveni to ensure unfettered access to the internet, digital platforms, and all other communication channels on the run-up-to, during and post-elections.

Press Release
#KeepItOn coalition raise the alarm on potential shutdown during upcoming elections in Uganda
12 Jan 2026
#KeepItOn coalition raise the alarm on potential shutdown during upcoming elections in Uganda
South Sudan #KeepItOn

#KeepItOn: Government of Uganda must ensure unrestricted internet access throughout the upcoming elections

12 Jan 2026 •

Access Now appeals to you, President Yoweri Museveni, to ensure that people in Uganda have unfettered access to the internet, digital platforms, and all other communication channels throughout the upcoming elections on January 15, 2026

Press Release
#KeepItOn: Government of Uganda must ensure unrestricted internet access throughout the upcoming elections
12 Jan 2026
#KeepItOn: Government of Uganda must ensure unrestricted internet access throughout the upcoming elections
Cameroon

#KeepItOn: Tanzanian authorities and Meta must reverse course and respect human rights

8 Dec 2025 •

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition joins the international community in demanding accountability and transparency for the grave human rights violations documented in Tanzania during and after the October 29, 2025 elections, including allegations of hundreds of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and mass arbitrary detentions targeting protesters, opposition figures, and civil society.

Press Release
#KeepItOn: Tanzanian authorities and Meta must reverse course and respect human rights
8 Dec 2025
#KeepItOn: Tanzanian authorities and Meta must reverse course and respect human rights
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