internet outage
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Volcano-Ravaged Tonga Is Back Online After 5-Week Internet Outage
Tonga residents began to finally see some lights at the end of the tunnel on Tuesday, with internet services jumping back online for the first time in five weeks after a massive volcanic eruption ripped apart the country’s sole subsea fibre optic cable. The repair marks a significant recovery milestone for the country, which was…
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What Really Happened During Kazakhstan’s Internet Blackout?
As protests erupted across the massive Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan on Wednesday, the government resorted to extreme measures, enforcing a wide-scale internet blackout lasting at least eight hours, blocking news and social media access in the former Soviet state. Eventually, scenes of chaos and burnt vehicles made their way onto news wires. As of…
