In collaboration with our partner, Digitally Right (https://digitallyright.org/), we recently co-published a new research report titled "The Longest Silence: Internet Shutdowns During Bangladesh’s 2024 Uprising".

This study provides a timeline of the political context and internet shutdowns (blocks and outages) during the uprising in Bangladesh in the summer of 2024. 

To document the internet disruptions, we share OONI data, as well as findings from other relevant datasets (such as IODA and Cloudflare Radar). 

At the peak of the protests, multiple datasets (IODA, Cloudflare Radar, Google traffic data, and even OONI data!) show that Bangladesh experienced a complete, nationwide internet blackout between 18th to 23rd July 2024 (https://ooni.org/post/2025-bangladesh-report/#b-july-1823-nationwide-blackout-heavy-casualties-amid-clashes).

Once internet access was restored, OONI data shows the blocking of numerous social media platforms and instant messaging apps between 24th to 31st July 2024 (https://ooni.org/post/2025-bangladesh-report/#c-july-2431-eased-curfew-layered-internet-controls-continue).

Overall, these patterns of internet access control reflect strategies commonly employed by governments worldwide during periods of political unrest (https://ooni.org/documents/2022-ooni-submission-ohchr-report-internet-shutdowns.pdf).

Learn more through our report: https://ooni.org/documents/2025-bd-report-en.pdf

We thank the OONI community in Bangladesh for contributing measurements!

~ OONI team.