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KeepItOn Internet Shutdowns 2025

When repression meets resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025

31 Mar 2026

The 2025 #KeepItOn report on internet shutdowns is out. Read on for key insights from this year’s data on internet shutdowns in 2025.

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When repression meets resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025
31 Mar 2026
When repression meets resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025
KeepItOn Internet Shutdowns 2025

Rising repression meets global resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025

31 Mar 2026

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition documented 313 internet shutdowns in 2025 — the highest number since 2016.

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Rising repression meets global resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025
31 Mar 2026
Rising repression meets global resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025
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Lives on hold: internet shutdowns in 2024

23 Feb 2025

The 2024 #KeepItOn report on internet shutdowns is out. Read on for key insights from this year’s data.

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Lives on hold: internet shutdowns in 2024
23 Feb 2025
Lives on hold: internet shutdowns in 2024
2024 Joint civil society statement on cyber and human security

Wavering resolutions: The UN Security Council on digital rights

13 Jun 2024

Even as states increasingly weaponize communication networks, the UN Security Council has remained largely silent on digital rights issues. This puts everyone at risk.

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Wavering resolutions: The UN Security Council on digital rights
13 Jun 2024
Wavering resolutions: The UN Security Council on digital rights
STOP Methodology KeepItOn 2023

Shutdown Tracker Optimization Project (STOP) 

15 May 2024

Learn about STOP, our methodology for tracking internet shutdowns around the world.

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Shutdown Tracker Optimization Project (STOP) 
15 May 2024
Shutdown Tracker Optimization Project (STOP) 
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India’s Draft Telecommunication Bill empowers gov’t to impose internet shutdowns

27 Oct 2022

Int’l coalition alarmed by Indian’s Draft Telecommunication Bill giving power to government to shut down the internet to protect public safety. Internet shutdowns violate human rights.

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India’s Draft Telecommunication Bill empowers gov’t to impose internet shutdowns
27 Oct 2022
India’s Draft Telecommunication Bill empowers gov’t to impose internet shutdowns
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Internet shutdowns shroud and facilitate brutality of Myanmar junta’s airstrike in Hpakant township

27 Oct 2022

Access Now condemns the ongoing war crimes committed by the military in Myanmar, and its use of internet shutdowns to conceal the atrocities.

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Internet shutdowns shroud and facilitate brutality of Myanmar junta’s airstrike in Hpakant township
27 Oct 2022
Internet shutdowns shroud and facilitate brutality of Myanmar junta’s airstrike in Hpakant township

Don’t stifle free speech: Zimbabwe must #KeepItOn during planned protests

30 Jul 2020

The #KeepItOn coalition calls on Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa to ensure the internet and all other communication channels are open, secure, and accessible throughout the country during anti-government protests planned to take place on Friday, July 31, 2020.

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Don’t stifle free speech: Zimbabwe must #KeepItOn during planned protests
30 Jul 2020
Don’t stifle free speech: Zimbabwe must #KeepItOn during planned protests
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Kashmir internet blackouts hinder health services, contact tracing

20 May 2020
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Kashmir internet blackouts hinder health services, contact tracing
20 May 2020
Kashmir internet blackouts hinder health services, contact tracing
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#KeepItOn: Burundi silences the majority on election day

20 May 2020

On election day, the Burundi government has rushed to block access to social media including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and YouTube.

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#KeepItOn: Burundi silences the majority on election day
20 May 2020
#KeepItOn: Burundi silences the majority on election day
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