Afghanistan faces digital blackout as Taliban cuts internet access to prevent ‘vice’

Afghanistan faces digital blackout as Taliban cuts internet access to prevent ‘vice’

Afghanistan faced a second day without internet and mobile phone service on Tuesday, after Taliban authorities cut the fibre optic network. Taliban authorities began shutting down high-speed internet connections to some provinces earlier in the month to prevent “vice”. On Monday night, mobile phone signal and internet service gradually weakened until connectivity was less than…

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Truth Social crashes minutes after US Strikes Iran: Here's Donald Trump's 'Live-post' that likely caused the outage

Truth Social crashes minutes after US Strikes Iran: Here’s Donald Trump’s ‘Live-post’ that likely caused the outage

Truth Social malfunctioned reportedly went down minutes after President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States had bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities. As per screenshots shared on social media platforms, starting around 8 pm ET on Saturday (June 21), attempts to load the social network displayed error messages saying: “Network failed,” “Please try again.” For those…

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Internet partially restored in Iran: UK-based watchdog

Internet partially restored in Iran: UK-based watchdog

Internet service was partially restored in Iran on Saturday, after Tehran imposed a blackout during its war with Israel, London-based online watchdog NetBlocks said. “Metrics show a partial restoration in internet connectivity in Iran after a ~62 hour government-imposed shutdown,” NetBlocks posted on social media. “However, service remains diminished in some areas and overall connectivity…

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