Analysis of Cloudflare DNS traffic appears to show that this week's #Internet shutdowns in #Syria have been one-sided. Spikes in DNS query traffic during the shutdowns indicate that some traffic can exit the country, but there is no path for responses to return.

#Internet shutdowns to prevent cheating on exams are expected to continue through June 13 in #Syria , and through early July in #Iraq . Follow the impacts to connectivity at radar.cloudflare.com/sy and radar.cloudflare.com/iq

#KeepItOn #NoExamShutdown

What caused this drop in #IPv6 connectivity in #Iran ? Aftab Siddiqui from Internet Society Pulse dug in and did some investigation.
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Prevention of cheating on Secondary French & Russian language exams were the driver behind this morning's 4.5 hour #Internet shutdown in #Syria . Connectivity was unavailable between 0300-0730 UTC (0600-10:30 local).

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A second #Internet shutdown occurred in #Syria this morning between 0300-0600 UTC (0600-0900 local). Today's shutdown was intended to prevent cheating on the Basic Social Studies exam.

Upcoming shutdowns will vary in duration.

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The fourth of eight expected exam-related #Internet shutdowns in #Iraq occurred between 0300-0500 UTC (0600-0800 local) today. Impacted networks include AS203214, AS199739, AS58312, AS51684, and AS59588.

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Similar to previous years, Syrian Telecom has announced daily exam-related nationwide #Internet shutdowns through June 16. The first occurred today at 0300-0800 UTC (0600-1100 local).

Monitor the traffic impact at radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/sy

Announcement: facebook.com/photo/?fbid=82…

Similar to previous years, Syrian Telecom has announced daily exam-related nationwide #Internet shutdowns through June 16. The first occurred today at 0300-0800 UTC (0600-1100 local).

Monitor the traffic impact at radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/sy

Announcement: facebook.com/photo/?fbid=82…

A reported fiber optic cut in #Cameroon disrupted #Internet connectivity at Moov Africa Tchad Tchad and across the country of #Chad between 14:15-17:15 today.

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The third of eight expected exam-related #Internet shutdowns in #Iraq occurred between 0300-0500 UTC (0600-0800 local) today. Impacted networks include AS203214, AS199739, AS58312, AS51684, and AS59588.

radar.cloudflare.com/iq?dateRange=7d

In May 1974, 50 years ago, vinton g cerf & Bob Kahn made history with their paper on TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) published by IEEE. Here is a teaser of a longer video coming soon from our protocol experts, Mark Nottingham (Australia), and Lucas Pardue (UK).

The second of eight expected exam-related #Internet shutdowns in #Iraq occurred between 0300-0500 UTC (0600-0800 local) today. Impacted networks include AS203214, AS199739, AS58312, AS51684, and AS59588.
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At around 15:40 UTC (19:10 local time) on May 19, networks in Iran stopped announcing nearly all of their IPv6 address space, dropping measured IPv6 adoption from 15-20% to just 2%.
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On Sunday, May 12, issues with the EASSy and Seacom submarine cables again disrupted connectivity to East Africa. cfl.re/3WYllhF