Syria’s exam-related Internet shutdowns
Jun 3, 2021John Graham-Cumming
Summary
This post details the use of Cloudflare Radar to track and visualize internet shutdowns in Syria during exam periods. It highlights how Radar's country-specific pages and traffic data can be used to observe significant drops in internet usage corresponding to scheduled outages, providing concrete evidence of these events.
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