1/3/22, 11:33 AM Internet disrupted in Myanmar amid apparent military uprising - NetBlocks 11:38 PM · Feb 5, 2021 402 Reply  OUR WORK  REPORTS  NEWS  PRESS  CONTACT US Copy link to Tweet Read 57 replies Update: Saturday, 6 February 2021: Myanmar is entering a second nation-scale internet blackout as of approximately 10:00 a.m. Saturday local time. Real-time network data show national connectivity falling to 54% of ordinary levels as users on major network providers report difficultly getting online. Worsening disruption has been observed through afternoon, with connectivity collapsing to just 16% of ordinary levels by 2:00 p.m. local time, attributed to a combination of technical restrictions as well as apparent power cuts. The incident comes amid a wave of protests against the military uprising. Metrics from the observatory indicate similar magnitude to disruptions tracked during the initial military uprising, with high impact to cellular networks: NetBlocks @netblocks · Feb 6, 2021 Alert: #Myanmar is now in the midst of a second nation-scale internet blackout as of ~10:00 a.m. Saturday local time; real-time network data show national connectivity falling to 54% of ordinary levels as users report difficultly getting online netblocks.org/reports/intern… NetBlocks @netblocks Update: A near-total internet shutdown is now in effect in #Myanmar. Network data show a collapse of connectivity to 16% of ordinary levels from ~2 pm local time The information blackout is likely to severely limit coverage of anti-coup protests netblocks.org/reports/intern… 3:04 PM · Feb 6, 2021 743 Reply Copy link to Tweet https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-myanmar-amid-apparent-military-uprising-JBZrmlB6 5/26