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When repression meets resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025

Occurred
Mar 31, 2026
Published
Mar 31, 2026
Source
Access Now

Summary

The 2025 #KeepItOn report on internet shutdowns is out. Read on for key insights from this year’s data on internet shutdowns in 2025. The post When repression meets resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025 appeared first on Access Now.

Tags

  • #KeepItOn
  • #Keepiton report
  • #KIO
  • #NoExamShutdown
  • #ShutdownStories
  • Afghanistan
  • Africa
  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Bangladesh
  • Belarus
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Central African Republic
  • China
  • coup
  • DRC
  • elections
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • ethiopia
  • Exams
  • Guinea
  • Guinea Bissau
  • human rights
  • Indonesia
  • internet shutdowns
  • internetshutdowns
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Lithuania
  • Malaysia
  • MENA
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Nigeria
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Palestine
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Qatar
  • Russia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • shutdowns
  • Signal
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • Tanzania
  • TikTok
  • Togo
  • Turkey
  • Turkiye
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • Yemen

Classification

Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 90%

Rationale: Report on internet shutdowns relates to mass monitoring and repression, fitting surveillance category with medium severity.

Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8

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