5/24/22, 7:45 PM Myanmar: Data on internet blocks and internet outages following military coup | OONI About Tests Data Get Involved Reports Blog Donate Install OONI Probe Myanmar: Data on internet blocks and internet outages following military coup Maria Xynou (OONI), Ramakrishna Padmanabhan (CAIDA, UC San Diego), Phyu Kyaw, Myanmar ICT for Development Organization (MIDO), Arturo Filastò (OONI), 2021-03-09 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). Background Methods Findings Blocking of social media Blocking of Wikipedia Blocking of circumvention tool sites Other ongoing blocks News media Justice for Myanmar COVID-19 site Internet outages Outage on 1st February 2021 https://ooni.org/post/2021-myanmar-internet-blocks-and-outages/ 1/16