Internet monitor FilterWatch warns that authorities are trying to cut the country off from international connectivity.

Simon Migliano, who compiled the Top10VPN shutdown report, told me “Iran’s current nationwide blackout is a blunt instrument intended to crush dissent, starkly different from the sophisticated, slow-burn digital censorship we’re seeing in Russia.”

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman has proposed a "useful" tool to tackle the internet shutdown in Iran. And the tool is a decentralized messaging app that works without an internet connection.

Iran’s nationwide Internet blackout, now near total, may return in a heavily restricted form. Authorities are experimenting with “whitelisting,” allowing only state-approved sites while blocking the rest.

Tanzania’s president has, for the first time since the disputed October election, commented on a six-day internet shutdown that disrupted operations as the country went through its worst postelection

A BBC investigation reveals how attitudes to women, the internet and religion are dividing the group at the very top.

Biometric equipment failures and an internet shutdown have rocked Uganda’s presidential and parliamentary elections on Thursday.

Uganda's internet shutdown ahead of the January 15 elections raises concerns over transparency and credibility, igniting outrage amid fears of misinformation.