5/24/22, 7:45 PM
Myanmar: Data on internet blocks and internet outages following military coup | OONI
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Myanmar’s internet outage (on 6th February 2021) is further
corroborated by Google traffic data, which very visibly shows that
almost no Google traffic originated from Myanmar during the same
time period.
Source: Google Transparency Report, Traffic and disruptions to
Google: Myanmar (February 2021),
https://transparencyreport.google.com/traffic/overview?
hl=en&fraction_traffic=start:1612051200000;end:1612915199999;product:19;region:MM&lu=fraction_traffic
Investigating IODA’s network-level signals for the outage that began
on 6th February 2021, we observe fewer timing differences among
major networks compared to the first outage that occurred amid
the coup on 1st February 2021. The end-times of the outage, in
particular, are nearly identical across most major networks. This
level of synchronization suggests that networks were able to plan
and execute the enforcement and relaxation of this shutdown.
Source: Internet Outage Detection and Analysis (IODA), BGP
Signals for MPT (AS9988), Mytel (AS136255), Ooredoo (AS132167),
Telenor (AS133385), and YTP (AS18399). While the outage begins at
slightly different times, Internet connectivity appears to be
restored almost simultaneously across these networks.
https://ioda.caida.org/ioda/dashboard#view=inspect&entity=asn/9988&lastView=overview&from=1612310400&unti
https://ioda.caida.org/ioda/dashboard#view=inspect&entity=asn/136255&lastView=overview&from=1612310400&un
https://ioda.caida.org/ioda/dashboard#view=inspect&entity=asn/132167&lastView=overview&from=1612310400&un
https://ioda.caida.org/ioda/dashboard#view=inspect&entity=asn/133385&lastView=overview&from=1612310400&un
https://ioda.caida.org/ioda/dashboard#view=inspect&entity=asn/18399&lastView=overview&from=1612310400&unt
Ongoing nightly outages
Starting from 15th February 2021, Myanmar began to experience
internet outages every night.
Like clockwork, access to the internet has been shut down
completely on a national level every night (for around 8 hours)
between 01:00 to 09:00 local time (which corresponds to 18:30 UTC
to 02:30 UTC). And the nightly internet curfews in Myanmar appear
to be ongoing.
https://ooni.org/post/2021-myanmar-internet-blocks-and-outages/
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