The #KeepItOn campaign unites and organizes global organizations and efforts
to end internet shutdowns. The campaign was launched by a coalition of about 70
organizations in 2016 at RightsCon in Silicon Valley. Membership of the coalition
has since increased rapidly to more than 345 members from 106 countries around
the world, ranging from civil society and human rights advocacy groups to research
centers, detection networks, foundations, and media organizations.
This report is a publication of Access Now for the #KeepItOn coalition and was
written by Zach Rosson, Felicia Anthonio, and Carolyn Tackett in collaboration with
the Access Now team.
The authors would like to especially thank Ángela Alarcón, Bridget Andere, Darika
Bamrungchok, Raman Jit Singh Chima, Giulio Coppi, Marianne Díaz Hernández,
Marwa Fatafta, Natalia Krapiva, Méabh Maguire, Namrata Maheshwari, Peter Micek,
Kassem Mnejja, Wai Phyo Myint, Shruti Narayan, Laura O’Brien, Milica Pandzic,
Alexia Skok, Donna Wentworth and Anastasiya Zhyrmont for their contributions.
We would also like to thank Athan, Cloudflare, Digitally Right, Internet Outage
Detection and Analysis (IODA), Internet Society, Kentik, Miaan Group, Myanmar
Internet Project, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), Software
Freedom Law Centre India (SFLC.in), Yodet, and other members of the #KeepItOn
coalition for providing valuable information and insights, reviewing data and
sources, and contributing to the report. Any errors, misrepresentations, or
inaccuracies are ours alone, and we welcome your feedback.
Design and data visualization by Loren Giordano.
A note on our data
This #KeepItOn report looks at incidents of internet shutdowns documented by Access
Now and the #KeepItOn coalition in 2024. While we try to build a comprehensive
dataset, our data relies on technical measurement as well as contextual information,
such as news reports or personal accounts. The constraints of our methodology
mean that there may be cases of internet shutdowns that have gone unreported,
and numbers are likely to change if and when new information becomes available
after publication. Our dataset can be accessed at https://accessnow.org/keepitondata. All data below reflects the most up-to-date information as of publication.
Visit https://accessnow.org/keepiton-data-methodology for the latest information on
our methodology, commonly asked questions, and ongoing work.
February 2025