BLACKOUT
Ledger / Bangladesh

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
week of 22–28 Jul 2024

Government orderedattempt 1, final

Validators ruled the shutdown was ordered by the authorities. Policies pay 3 lost days.

What the validators measured IODA, local time UTC+6

Mon · 24h darkTue · 24h darkWed · 12h darkThuFriSatSun0%50%100%
Routing (BGP), % of normalActive probing, % of normal50%: below it an hour is darkLost day: six or more dark hours

Normal is each series' upper quartile over the seven days before the week. The contract stores the result every validator had to reproduce exactly: 3 lost days (Mon, Tue, Wed), mask 7. The chart is drawn from the same IODA window for illustration.

What they read this week's allowlisted headlines

  • reuters.comBangladesh's internet shutdown isolates citizens, disrupts business
  • aljazeera.comBangladesh restores mobile internet after 11-day blackout to quell protests
  • apnews.comInternet is still down in Bangladesh despite apparent calm following deadly protests
  • jurist.orgBangladesh authorities announce end to 11-day Internet shutdown
  • techpolicy.pressHow Bangladesh Fell Into An Information Blackout
  • amnesty.orgWhat is happening at the quota-reform protests in Bangladesh?
  • rfa.orgBangladesh internet shutdown hits Rohingya camps hard
  • pbs.orgHow Bangladesh's student protests ignited a broader movement against the country's leader
  • hrw.orgBangladesh: Security Forces Target Unarmed Students
  • aljazeera.comBangladesh curfews, internet blackout batter economy amid quota protests
  • cnn.comAt least 91 killed in Bangladesh protests as curfew and internet blocks imposed
  • hindustantimes.comBangladesh student protests: Internet restored in country after 10 days | World News

Fetched by this website with the validators' own query and outlet allowlist. Each validator fetched and judged its own copy; the contract stores only the verdict they all reached, never a leader's headlines or notes.

Settlement

Verdict
Government ordered
Lost days
3 of 7
Policies
0 (0 settled)
Observed
19 Oct 2026
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