Cloudflare: Government-backed internet shutdowns plummet to zero in first quarter

Cloudflare’s Q1 2025 Internet disruption summary and NetBlocks observations describe an unusual lull in government-ordered internet shutdowns—attributed to fewer trigger events, the shuttering of USAID-linked programs, and increased platform compliance with state censorship—while highlighting continued outages from wildfires, severe weather, submarine/terrestrial cable damage, power failures, cyberattacks, and earthquakes (e.g., Myanmar), with expectations that exam-related shutdowns may resume in certain countries.