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5/24/22, 7:45 PM Myanmar: Data on internet blocks and internet outages following military coup | OONI Source: Internet Outage Detection and Analysis (IODA), Active Probing and BGP Signals for Frontiir (AS58952) and YTP (AS18399). These networks observe relatively small drops in Internet connectivity according to IODA’s signals. https://ioda.caida.org/ioda/dashboard#view=inspect&entity=asn/18399&lastView=overview&from=1612051200&unt https://ioda.caida.org/ioda/dashboard#view=inspect&entity=asn/58952&lastView=overview&from=1612051200&unt While this outage resulted in significant drops in connectivity across many ASes, the next ones were even more severe. Outage on 6th February 2021 Myanmar experienced a second (higher impact) internet outage on 6th February 2021. IODA data from the following chart (taken from the IODA dashboard) clearly shows that Myanmar experienced an internet outage, starting from around 02:00 UTC on 6th February 2021 and lasting up until around 08:00 UTC on 7th February 2021. Source: Internet Outage Detection and Analysis (IODA), IODA Signals for Myanmar, https://ioda.caida.org/ioda/dashboard#view=inspect&entity=country/MM&lastView=overview&from=1612310400& Within this time period, we observe a major drop in both active probing and IBR signals, and also a drop in the BGP signal correlating in time with the drop in the other signals, strongly suggesting that Myanmar experienced a widespread internet outage. This is further indicated by the fact that we see these signals resume to their previous levels thereafter. Quite similarly, Oracle’s Internet Intelligence Map tracks internet disruptions worldwide based on three signals: Traceroute completion ratio, BGP routes, and DNS query rate. On 6th February 2021, Oracle’s Internet Intelligence Map records the same internet outage in Myanmar as IODA data (with almost identical timings in the drop of signals). We also observe the same drop in connectivity on 1st February 2021, as previously seen in IODA data. Source: Oracle Internet Intelligence Map, Myanmar (February 2021), https://map.internetintel.oracle.com/? https://ooni.org/post/2021-myanmar-internet-blocks-and-outages/ 12/16

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Myanmar: Data on internet blocks and internet outages following military coup

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Internet Connectivity / Accessibility
Internet Restrictions
Military Coup

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Arturo Filastò
Maria Xynou
Myanmar ICT for Development Organization (MIDO)
Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)
Phyu Phyu Kyaw
Ramakrishna Padmanabhan

Date Published: Mar 9, 2021

Abstract: On 1st February 2021, the military in Myanmar carried out a coup d’etat, seizing power and detaining the country’s State Counsellor (equivalent to a prime minister) and other democratically elected leaders.

A few days after the coup, ISPs in Myanmar started blocking access to Facebook services. On 5th February 2021, they started blocking access to Twitter and Instagram as well. On 6th February 2021, access to the internet was shut down entirely for nearly 30 hours. When internet connectivity was restored, social media blocks remained in place and they are currently ongoing. Since 15th February 2021, access to the internet has been shut down every night (between around 1am to 9am local time) in Myanmar. More recently, some ISPs in Myanmar appear to have started blocking access to Wikipedia as well.

In this report, we share OONI data on the blocking of social media, Wikipedia, and circumvention tool sites in Myanmar following the military coup. To demonstrate the internet outages that Myanmar experienced every night over the past weeks, we share IODA data (and other public data sources monitoring internet traffic).

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