Disruption URL CLDR Territory Code

Region

Product

Start Date (PacificEnd

Time;
Date
may
(Pacific
be approximated)
Source
Time; may be approximated)
Source URL

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/133/
ET
Ethiopia
YouTube

7/9/2016

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/131/
CG
Congo (Republic)Google Search

10/19/2015

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/130/
TJ
Tajikistan
YouTube

8/25/2015

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/129/
TR
Turkey
YouTube

4/5/2015

7/13/2016 Africa News

Vice

Title

Excerpt

http://www.africanews.com/2016/07/10/ethiopia-blocks-social-m
Ethiopia blocks social
Ethiopia
media
hastoblocked
preventsocial
univern

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/congo-government-allegedlyCongo Government
TheAllegedly
government
Shuts
of Off
the Intern
Repu

Radio Free Europe/Radio

http://www.rferl.org/content/tajikistan-youtube-facebook-blocked
Liberty Access To YouTube,
YouTube
Facebook
and Facebook
Restrictedhave
Ag
4/6/2015 Al Jazeera

Authorities in Turkey have bl

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/twitter-youtube-blocke
Turkey blocks YouTube and Twitter

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/128/
CD
Congo (DRC)
YouTube

1/20/2015

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/127/
CN
China
Gmail

12/26/2014

2/13/2015 Wall Street Journal

http://www.wsj.com/articles/congo-blocks-internet-access-amid
Democratic Republic
The of
government
Congo Extends
of the Intern
Demo

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/126/
IQ
Iraq
YouTube

6/10/2014

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/125/
TJ
Tajikistan
YouTube

6/9/2014

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/124/
CN
China
Google Search

6/1/2014

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/123/
IR
Iran
Google Sites

4/7/2014

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/121/
TR
Turkey
YouTube

3/27/2014

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/119/
SY
Syria
Google Search

2/20/2014

2/20/2014 Renesys

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/118/
CN
China
Google Maps

1/21/2014

1/21/2014 Wall Street Journal

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/01/21/chinas-sina-baidu-and-ot
China Websites Hit
A large
with Disruptions
portion of Internet tra

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/116/
IQ
Iraq
Google Search

10/10/2013

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/114/
SD
Sudan
Google Search

9/25/2013

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/110/
MM
Myanmar (Burma)Google Search

8/5/2013

Reuters
7/26/2014 Mashable

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/29/google-china-idUSL3
Google's Gmail blocked
Googlein
Inc's
China
Gmail was bloc

http://mashable.com/2014/06/13/facebook-youtube-twitter-block
Facebook, YouTube,
As Iraq
Twitter
faces
Blocked
a growing
in Iraq
insur
A

6/19/2014 Radio Free Europe/Radio

http://www.rhttp://en.rsf.org/tajikistan-youtube-blocked-google-p
Liberty YouTube PartiallyThe
Blocked
chairman
In Tajikistan
of Tajikistan's
Bloomberg

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-02/google-s-china-se
Google's China Services
Google Inc.
Slowservices
Ahead of
in Anniv
China

6/4/2014 Bloomberg

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-27/turkey-blocks-you
Turkey Blocks YouTube
TurkeysAfter
telecommunications
Syria Incursion

Google Sites partially access

10/11/2013 Renesys
9/26/2013 The Guardian
8/5/2013 Renesys

https://twitter.com/renesys/status/436511307789905920
Near-total InternetFollowing
blackoutnear-total
in Syria Internet

http://b2b.renesys.com/eventsbulletin/2013/10/IQ-1381404630.
97 networks out in
97Iraq
networks experienced an

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/25/sudan-inte
Sudan internet cut
The
off move
as protests
to cut erupt
connections
agains

http://www.renesys.com/2013/08/myanmar-internet/
Myanmar InternetOn
Disruptions
5 August, all routed netw

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/85/
TJ
Tajikistan
YouTube

5/23/2013

8/20/2013 RIA Novosti

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/84/
SY
Syria
Google Search

5/15/2013

5/15/2013 Daily News Egypthttp://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/05/15/internet-telecoms-c

Internet, telecomsInternet
cut across
and Syria:
telecommunicat
SANA

http://www.en.rian.ru/world/20130525/181339520.html
Tajikistan Blocks The
YouTube
ban may
AfterbeDancing
backlash
Pres
ov

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/82/
SY
Syria
Google Search

5/7/2013

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/72/
TT
Trinidad & Tobago
Google Search

3/29/2013

3/29/2013 Global Voices

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/03/31/blackout-has-trinidad-t
Blackout has Trinidad
Good&Friday
Tobago
in Trinidad
Bloggersand
See

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/7/
SY
Syria
Google Search

1/6/2013

1/6/2013 USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/01/06/syria-as
Defiant Assad Pledges
The Internet
to Continue
was cut
Fighting
in many

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/28/
SN
Senegal
Google Search

12/19/2012

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/27/
SY
Syria
Google Search

11/29/2012

12/1/2012 AP

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/syria-rebels-kill-ruling-party-officialInternet Service Goes

Activists
Outsaid
Across
President
Syria Bash

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/26/
CN
China
Google Search

11/9/2012

11/9/2012 Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/nov/09/google-serv
Google services blocked
Google'sinsearch
China engine and

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/25/
HK
Hong Kong
Google Search

11/6/2012

11/6/2012 Ars Technica

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/11/how-anHow an Indonesian
Google's
ISP took
services
down the
went
mighty
offlin

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/24/
ID
Indonesia
Google Search

11/6/2012

11/6/2012 Wired

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/11/google-indonesi
How a Network Snafu
Well, in
it looks
Indonesia
like an
Blocked
error atGa

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/21/
IR
Iran
Gmail

9/24/2012

9/29/2012 The Atlantic

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/09/google-latest-vic
Google Is the Latest
IranVictim
beganofthe
Iran's
process
War of
onsh
th

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/13/
PK
Pakistan
YouTube

9/17/2012

2/3/2016 AFP

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/39/
BD
Bangladesh
YouTube

9/17/2012

6/6/2013 The Independenthttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/youtube-blocked

YouTube blockedThe
in Bangladesh
governmentover
in Banglade
Prophet

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/12/
AF
Afghanistan
YouTube

9/13/2012

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/60/
TJ
Tajikistan
YouTube

7/27/2012

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/11/
SY
Syria
Google Search

7/19/2012

7/19/2012 ZDNet

http://www.zdnet.com/syria-disconnects-itself-from-the-internetSyria disconnectsOn
itself
Thursday,
from theSyria
Internet
severed
for 40

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/10/
AU
Australia
Google Search

6/6/2012

6/6/2012 itnews

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/303933,google-australian-serv
Google AustralianGoogle's
servicesAustralian
hit by dataand
centre
Newo

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/8/
KE
Kenya
Google Search

4/26/2012

4/26/2012 Renesys

http://www.renesys.com/blog/2012/04/teams-cable-down-again
TEAMS Cable Down
OnlyAgain
35 days after a repair sh

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/20/
CN
China
Google Search

4/12/2012

4/12/2012 Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/12/china-internet-use
China's internet users
China's
temporarily
internet users
blocked
have
from
b

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/18/
KE
Kenya
Google Search

2/25/2012

2/25/2012 AFP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gEucfhR
Repairs on KenyaAn
web
undersea
cable tofibre
takeoptic
threeIntern
wee

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/17/
IR
Iran
Gmail

2/19/2012

2/20/2012 Computer Business

http://security.cbronline.com/news/internet-again-blocks-interne
Review
Iran blocks internet
The
access
Iranian
again
government has

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/15/
IR
Iran
Gmail

2/9/2012

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/45/
PS
Palestine
Google Search

11/1/2011

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/44/
EG
Egypt
Google Search

9/9/2011

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/41/
UZ
Uzbekistan
Google Search

8/11/2011

5/8/2013 Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/0

Web monitor: Syria
Thehas
outage
largely
appears
disappeared
to havef

12/19/2012 ARTP Senegal http://www.artpsenegal.net/page_inter2.php?idmenu=5&id=101

Perturbations observes
Le 18 dcembre,
sur les services
partirinter
de 2

1/4/2013 Reuters
10/15/2012 RIA Novosti

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jpbjduAr
Pakistan blocks YouTube
Pakistan over
blocked
anti-Islam
accessfilm
to Y

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/13/us-protest-afghanista
Afghanistan orders
Authorities
YouTubeinblock
Afghanistan
over anti-Is
ha

http://en.rian.ru/world/20120726/174791290.html
Tajikistan Blocks The
YouTube
Tajik authorities
over Protests,
blocked
Use

2/11/2012 Kabir News

http://kabirnews.com/iran-shut-down-gmail-google-yahoo-and-s
Iran shuts down Gmail,
Based Google,
on reports
Yahoo,
received
and fro
S

11/1/2011 BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15542820
Hackers' cut Palestinian
The main
phone
phone
and
network
internetinsy
t

9/9/2011

All Google services partially a

8/11/2011 RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
http://www.rferl.org/content/dozens_of_websites_in_uzbekistan
Dozens Of Websites
Dozens
In Uzbekistan
of popularSuffer
websites
Acci

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/40/
SY
Syria
Google Search

6/3/2011

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/37/
GE
Georgia
Google Search

3/28/2011

3/28/2011 Guardian

6/4/2011 NBCnews.com http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/syrian-governm

Syrian government
Syria's
unplugs
government
Internet for
appears
much

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/06/georgian-womanGeorgian womanAn
cuts
elderly
off web
Georgian
access woman
to whole

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/38/
AM
Armenia
Google Search

3/28/2011

3/28/2011 Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/06/georgian-womanGeorgian womanAn
cuts
elderly
off web
Georgian
access woman
to whole

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/36/
LY
Libya
Google Search

3/3/2011

8/21/2011 Rensys

http://www.renesys.com/blog/2011/02/libyan-disconnect-1.shtm
Libyan Disconnect
Renesys confirms that the 13

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/35/
TR
Turkey
Blogger

3/1/2011

4/22/2011 World Bulletin

http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=70494
Turkish court blocks
Google's
Google's
famous
blogging
blog site
hostin

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/34/
LY
Libya
Google Search

2/18/2011

7/10/2011 Los Angeles Times

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/02/libya-has-s
Libya's Internet reportedly
The Internet
down
hasasbeen
violence
shut ad

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/33/
LY
Libya
YouTube

2/17/2011

7/10/2011 BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12512202
Libya media crackdown
Col Muammar
amid anti-government
Gaddafi's gov

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/31/
IR
Iran
Google Videos

1/30/2011

8/20/2012 Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/31/iran-internet-censor-i
More news websites
Iranians
blocked
have
infound
Iran their acc

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/30/
EG
Egypt
Google Search

1/27/2011

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/29/
SD
Sudan
YouTube

1/27/2011

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/50/
TR
Turkey
YouTube

5/31/2010

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/75/
TR
Turkey
Google Translate

5/31/2010

6/8/2010 The Register

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/08/turkey_bans_google_s
Turkey bans Google
Turkey
Books,
has Google
bannedDocs,
multiple
GoG

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/76/
TR
Turkey
Google Books

5/31/2010

6/8/2010 The Register

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/08/turkey_bans_google_s
Turkey bans Google
Turkey
Books,
has Google
bannedDocs,
multiple
GoG

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/74/
TR
Turkey
Google Docs

5/31/2010

6/9/2010 The Register

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/08/turkey_bans_google_s
Turkey bans Google
Turkey
Books,
has Google
bannedDocs,
multiple
GoG

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/49/
PK
Pakistan
YouTube

5/20/2010

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/48/
MM
Myanmar (Burma)Google Search

3/9/2010

2/2/2011 New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/technology/internet/29cuto

Egypt Cuts Off Most
[The]
Internet
Internet
and
has
Cell
never
Service
face
1/28/2011

YouTube was partially acces

10/30/2010 Open Net Initiative

https://opennet.net/blog/2010/06/turkey-blocks-youtube-inadver
Turkey Blocks YouTube,
Turkish internet
Inadvertently
usersBlocks
have b

5/26/2010 Washington Posthttp://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2010/05/draw_mu

Draw MuhammadADay':
day after
Pakistan
ordering
bansthat
YouTu
Fac
5/1/2012 AP

http://www.france24.com/en/20101104-internet-crippled-ahead
Internet crippled ahead
A massive
of Burmese
cyber attack
election
has c

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/47/
LY
Libya
YouTube

1/23/2010

8/21/2011 Global Voices

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/46/
KZ
Kazakhstan
Blogger

1/12/2010

6/27/2012 Radio Free Europe/Radio

http://www.rferl.org/content/NGO_Says_14_Websites_Being_B
Liberty NGO Says 14 Websites
The Kazakh
Beingnongovernmenta
Blocked In Kaz

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/58/
CN
China
Google Sites

10/11/2009

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/117/
MA
Morocco
Google Earth
https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/56/
CN
China
Picasa Web Albums

http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2010/02/09/libya-blocksLibya blocks access

On to
January
Youtube
24th,
and2010,
independ
Libya
Google Sites inaccessible.

8/1/2009

6/4/2013 Sahara Press Service

http://www.spsrasd.info/en/content/censorship-internet-morocco
Censorship of theTotal
internet
censorship
in the Morocco
of Google E

7/16/2009

Shanghai Tech Writer

http://www.shanghaitechwriter.com/2009/07/25/google-picasa-w
Google Picasa Web
Starting
Album
last
Blocked
week, Googles
in China

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/73/
TR
Turkey
Google Sites

6/24/2009

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/55/
IR
Iran
YouTube

6/13/2009

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/54/
CN
China
Blogger

6/2/2009

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/53/
CN
China
YouTube

3/23/2009

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/52/
BD
Bangladesh
YouTube

3/6/2009

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/43/
MM
Myanmar (Burma)YouTube
https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions/32/
SY
Syria
YouTube

7/11/2014

ACCESS to the Website nam

AFP

7/28/2009 Danwei

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jSPlmVg
Mobile phones, Facebook,
The main YouTube
mobile telephone
cut in Iran

http://www.danwei.org/net_nanny_follies/bloggercom_blocked_
Blogger.com blocked,
Google's
but not
blogging
the Washington
platform B

New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/technology/internet/25yout

YouTube BlockedGoogle
in China,
said
Google
Tuesday
Says
that its
3/11/2009 BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7932659.stm
Bangladesh imposes
The YouTube
video-sharing
blockweb site Y

8/23/2011 Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/15/us-myanmar-media-i
Myanmar lifts bans
Myanmar
on foreign
lifted
news
bans
websites
on prom

2/8/2011 Associated Presshttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/02/08/136844.html

Syria appears to lift
Internet
ban on
users
Facebook
in Syria& say
YouT
Fa