Date: August 10, 2024
City: Pakistan
Social media users in Pakistan are grappling with significant internet disruptions for the second consecutive day, as messaging applications and other social media platforms experience widespread slowdowns. The problems began on Friday and have persisted into Saturday, with intermittent improvements in connectivity throughout the day.
Users have reported severe issues with popular apps including WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram. Downdetector, a website tracking service outages, highlighted a spike in complaints about slow or non-functional services on both Friday and Saturday. Many users are also struggling with difficulties in downloading messages on WhatsApp.
The situation has sparked considerable frustration among Pakistanis who rely on these platforms for personal communication and business activities. The ongoing disruptions come amid reports that Pakistani authorities are testing a new web monitoring system aimed at blocking and filtering specific social media content.
Despite these disruptions, NetBlocks, a platform that monitors internet restrictions globally, has not identified any significant anomalies in Pakistan’s internet traffic. This indicates that the issues might be localized or related to specific systems rather than a nationwide internet outage.
In related news, there have been global internet service disruptions due to damaged cables in the Red Sea, but it is unclear if this is contributing to the current issues in Pakistan.
For more updates on this situation and how it affects internet services, stay tuned.
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