In December 2024, the country's internet was disrupted nationwide twice; without precise explanation from the authorities.
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Three national-level disruptions and two outages in mobile and internet operators; Iran's telecommunications networks remain weak.
For the first time, the government declared the reason for these disruptions as “improving the network.”
As nationwide protests continued in October, new tactics and measures to restrict the internet emerged.
Iran's domestic messaging apps continue to be a major privacy and security concern as further evidence of them forcing users onto these platforms emerge.
In December, significant Internet disruptions affected Instagram. Elsewhere, some web hosting companies experienced notable outages throughout the month.
Iran's Internet was relatively stable during most of November, with one significant disruption coinciding with the anniversary of the 2019 protests and nationwide internet shutdown.
In October Filterwatch observed three major disruptions. Internet users in Khuzestan were particularly adversely affected by these disruptions
A number of disruptions to specific services this month, including Google IP addresses being 'hijacked' by the TIC, as well as disruptions to WhatsApp services.
Two major issues impacted the internet this August: the disruption of circumvention tools, and an unpaid electric bill taking data centers and some of the...