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An Internet outage or Internet blackout or Internet shutdown is the complete or partial failure of the internet services. It can occur due to censorship, cyberattacks, disasters, [1] police or security services actions [2] or errors. Disruptions of submarine communications cables may cause blackouts or slowdowns to large areas. Countries with a ...
The third was a YouTube outage in October 2018. The fourth was a Gmail/Google Drive outage in August 2020. The fifth, in November 2020, affected mainly YouTube, and the sixth, in December 2020, affected most of their services. The seventh, in August 2022, affected Google Search, Maps, Drive, and YouTube.
A blackout is the total loss of power to a wider area and of long duration. [1] It is the most severe form of power outage that can occur. Blackouts which result from or result in power stations tripping are particularly difficult to recover from quickly.
Ecuador gets about 77% of its electricity from hydroelectric generation, according to local news outlets.. The presidency said the overnight blackout time window was chosen to reduce the impact on ...
At the time of the blackout, Charter had about 14.7 million customers. As a result, Charter saw some of its Spectrum pay-TV customers cut its bundle in favor of internet-TV options like Disney’s ...
Provincial elections are not subject to blackout restrictions – in provinces that have two time zones, the vast majority of the population lives in one time zone or the other. Election laws in these provinces stipulate that all polls are to close at the same time – this time invariably being 8:00 p.m. (or 9:00 p.m. in Ontario beginning with ...
Blackout or lost time, a common symptom of psychogenic amnesia and dissociative identity disorder Syncope (medicine) , a loss of consciousness, also known as fainting Freediving blackout , a loss of consciousness caused by cerebral hypoxia towards the end of a breath-hold dive
The blackout followed reports of blocked access to social media platforms like Twitter. [8] This was an attempt to control the flow of information and suppress coordination among protestors. Despite these efforts, the protests intensified, ultimately leading to Mubarak’s resignation on February 11, 2011.